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[LOUISIANA PURCHASE]. Addresses of the Successive Presidents of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Opening of Each Session, with Their Answers; from the Commencement of the Present Government to January 1, 1805. Together with the Inaugural Addresses during the Same Period, and the Farewell Address of George Washington. Washington, D.C.: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1805.
8o. (Some pale browning.) Contemporary boards, uncut and partly unopened (rebacked in cloth); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: W. P. Elliot (inkstamp on title).
FIRST EDITION. On pages 213-228 is President Thomas Jefferson's 8 November 1804 message to the Senate and House of Representatives announcing the acquisition of Louisiana Territory: " I have the satisfaction to inform you that the objections which had been urged by that Government against the validity of our title to the country of Louisana have been withdrawn, its exact limits, however, remaining still to be settled between us; and to this is to be added that having prepared and delivered the stock created in execution of the convention of Paris of April 30, 1803. In consideration of the cession of that country, we have received from the Government of France an acknowledgment in due form, of the fulfillment of that stipulation" (p. 222). The printer Samuel Harrison Smith was the founder of the National Intelligencer. He set up his press at the nation's new capital at the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, whose policies his paper strongly endorsed. Under the patronage of the Jefferson administration, the Intelligencer became a quasi-official organ of the Federal government. VERY RARE: no copies have appeared at auction in at least 30 years, according to American Book Prices Current, and the RLG Union catalogue records only 3 copies: Huntington, Columbia, and New York Public Library. Sabin 449; Shaw & Shoemaker 9511.
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FIRST EDITION. On pages 213-228 is President Thomas Jefferson's 8 November 1804 message to the Senate and House of Representatives announcing the acquisition of Louisiana Territory: " I have the satisfaction to inform you that the objections which had been urged by that Government against the validity of our title to the country of Louisana have been withdrawn, its exact limits, however, remaining still to be settled between us; and to this is to be added that having prepared and delivered the stock created in execution of the convention of Paris of April 30, 1803. In consideration of the cession of that country, we have received from the Government of France an acknowledgment in due form, of the fulfillment of that stipulation" (p. 222). The printer Samuel Harrison Smith was the founder of the National Intelligencer. He set up his press at the nation's new capital at the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, whose policies his paper strongly endorsed. Under the patronage of the Jefferson administration, the Intelligencer became a quasi-official organ of the Federal government. VERY RARE: no copies have appeared at auction in at least 30 years, according to American Book Prices Current, and the RLG Union catalogue records only 3 copies: Huntington, Columbia, and New York Public Library. Sabin 449; Shaw & Shoemaker 9511.