![[ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.] RAMSAY, David (1749-1815). History of the United States, from their First Settlement as English Colonies in 1607, to the Year 1808.... Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818. 3 volumes, 8vo (8¼ x 5in.), original polished tree calf (slight foxing throughout), gilt spine (small losses to spine on vols. 1 and 3, repair to upper cover of vol. 1), edges stained in yellow. Pencil markings in vol. 2. Housed in a cloth slipcase. Provenance: Franklin D. Roosevelt (signature on flyleaf of each volume); John B. Bibb (signature on front pastedown); Donald S. Carmichael (bookdealer's note, loosely inserted).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/NYR/2011_NYR_02514_0087_000(roosevelt_franklin_d_ramsay_david_history_of_the_united_states_from_th020838).jpg?w=1)
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[ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.] RAMSAY, David (1749-1815). History of the United States, from their First Settlement as English Colonies in 1607, to the Year 1808.... Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818. 3 volumes, 8vo (8¼ x 5in.), original polished tree calf (slight foxing throughout), gilt spine (small losses to spine on vols. 1 and 3, repair to upper cover of vol. 1), edges stained in yellow. Pencil markings in vol. 2. Housed in a cloth slipcase. Provenance: Franklin D. Roosevelt (signature on flyleaf of each volume); John B. Bibb (signature on front pastedown); Donald S. Carmichael (bookdealer's note, loosely inserted).
FDR'S COPY OF RAMSAY'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The future president--and life-long bibliophile--acquired this work in 1910. In addition to his ownership signature in each volume he wrote the following note on the front pastedown of vol. 1 in pencil: "F. D. Roosevelt bought Feb. 3, 1910, $4.20." That year saw Roosevelt assume his first elected office, as a member of the New York State Senate. Ramsay was a prolific historian of the early republic. In 1785 he published his two volume History of the Revolution in South Carolina, and in 1789 a two volume History of the American Revolution. He also wrote a biography of Washington and a history of South Carolina before this final, sweeping history of the first two hundred years of European settlement in America, first published in 1816-17.
FDR'S COPY OF RAMSAY'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The future president--and life-long bibliophile--acquired this work in 1910. In addition to his ownership signature in each volume he wrote the following note on the front pastedown of vol. 1 in pencil: "F. D. Roosevelt bought Feb. 3, 1910, $4.20." That year saw Roosevelt assume his first elected office, as a member of the New York State Senate. Ramsay was a prolific historian of the early republic. In 1785 he published his two volume History of the Revolution in South Carolina, and in 1789 a two volume History of the American Revolution. He also wrote a biography of Washington and a history of South Carolina before this final, sweeping history of the first two hundred years of European settlement in America, first published in 1816-17.