[BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN]. An Address to the Government of the United States on the cession of Louisiana to the French; and on the late breach of treaty by the Spaniards, Philadelphia 1803, modern quarter calf, title-leaf torn along gutter, uniform browning, library inkstamp on title. Howes B-831; Sabin 8457; Streeter sale III:1574. In this pamphlet published shortly before the Louisiana purchase, the journalist and novelist Charles Brown ("America's first professional author"--DAB) "urges the seizure of this French territory for the protection of our Western people" (Howes)--BISHOP, ABRAHAM. Oration in honor of the election of president Jefferson, and the peacable acquisition of Louisiana, delivered at the National Festival, in Hartford, on the 11th of May, 1804. [Hartford] 1804, disbound and unsewn, dampstaining and foxing. Howes B-472; Sabin 5596; both ONLY EDITIONS, together 2 vols., 8vo, folding chemises and half morocco slipcases. (2)

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[BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN]. An Address to the Government of the United States on the cession of Louisiana to the French; and on the late breach of treaty by the Spaniards, Philadelphia 1803, modern quarter calf, title-leaf torn along gutter, uniform browning, library inkstamp on title. Howes B-831; Sabin 8457; Streeter sale III:1574. In this pamphlet published shortly before the Louisiana purchase, the journalist and novelist Charles Brown ("America's first professional author"--DAB) "urges the seizure of this French territory for the protection of our Western people" (Howes)--BISHOP, ABRAHAM. Oration in honor of the election of president Jefferson, and the peacable acquisition of Louisiana, delivered at the National Festival, in Hartford, on the 11th of May, 1804. [Hartford] 1804, disbound and unsewn, dampstaining and foxing. Howes B-472; Sabin 5596; both ONLY EDITIONS, together 2 vols., 8vo, folding chemises and half morocco slipcases. (2)