Sullivan james pickering timothy (3 risultati)

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets. Leather remnants on spine. Edges neatly trimmed. Octavo, 5" x 8." pp. 32. Last gathering fully detached. 2 lines ink inscription to titlepage, top line shaved. Moderate foxing throughout. Lightly tanned. (Sabin 62650). This pamphlet contains the heated exchange between Massachusetts senator Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) and the governor of the same state, James Sullivan (1744-1808) about the Embargo Act of 1807. Pickering, a federalist, fervently opposed the embargo. Sullivan's support of the embargo nearly cost him his governorship.…

pamphlet. Condizione: very good. 32 pages, 12mo, wrappers; Pickering and Sullivan were the Senator and Governor, respectively, of Massachusetts. This open letter was part of the bitter fight between the two over the passage of the Embargo Act of 1807, its economic effects and concerns about becoming embroiled in the Napoleonic wars.…

Condizione: fair to poor. Second Edition. 24, wraps, pages soiled, creases and small pieces missing in margins. Minor printing flaw: page 12 is numbered 13. The pamphlet is subtitled: In Which the Latter [Col. Pickering] Vindicates Himself Against the Groundless Charges and Insinuations Made by the Governour and Others. James Sullivan, the Governor of Massachusetts, and U.S. Senator Timothy Pickering, exchanged insults, charges, and countercharges in these letters.…