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[MADISON, James.] Address and Recommendations to the States by the United States in Congress Assembled. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1783.
8°, (A-H4, I3) stain on title page, all edges mustard yellow. In a 19th century paneled calf binding (rubbed), marbled endpapers, dentelles, covers and spine gilt.
An exceptionally rare essay by Madison on the mode for paying the new nation’s post-Revolutionary war debts, which totaled some $42 million. He proposed creating a fund for interest payments, and “for the discharge of the principal…we rely on the natural encrease of the revenue from commerce, on requisitions to be made from time to time for that purpose…and on the prospect of vacant territory…Let it be remembered finally, that it has ever been the pride and boast of America, that the rights for which she contended, were the rights of human nature…In this view the citizens of the United States are responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a political society.” His 14-page Address is followed by the texts of eight documents referred to in the course of his essay, including Washington’s report on the Newburgh conspiracy: “An Estimate of the National Debt,” (1p.); “By the United States in Congress Assembled,” (9pp.); “An Estimate of the Produce of the Impost on Imported Articles,” (1p.); Extract of a Letter from the Honourable B. Franklin…” (4pp.); “The United States in Congress Assembled,” (6pp.) “The Contract entered into by the Honourable J. Adams, in behalf of the United States, with Sundries for a loan of four millions of florins,” (5pp.); “To the United States in Congress Assembled. The Address and Petition of the Officers of the Army of the United States,” (4pp.); “Extract of a Letter from his Excellency George Washington…March 12, 1783,” (26pp.). Evans 18224. Howes A76. rare. Only later boston and hartford editions have appeared at auction in the last 40 years.
8°, (A-H4, I3) stain on title page, all edges mustard yellow. In a 19th century paneled calf binding (rubbed), marbled endpapers, dentelles, covers and spine gilt.
An exceptionally rare essay by Madison on the mode for paying the new nation’s post-Revolutionary war debts, which totaled some $42 million. He proposed creating a fund for interest payments, and “for the discharge of the principal…we rely on the natural encrease of the revenue from commerce, on requisitions to be made from time to time for that purpose…and on the prospect of vacant territory…Let it be remembered finally, that it has ever been the pride and boast of America, that the rights for which she contended, were the rights of human nature…In this view the citizens of the United States are responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a political society.” His 14-page Address is followed by the texts of eight documents referred to in the course of his essay, including Washington’s report on the Newburgh conspiracy: “An Estimate of the National Debt,” (1p.); “By the United States in Congress Assembled,” (9pp.); “An Estimate of the Produce of the Impost on Imported Articles,” (1p.); Extract of a Letter from the Honourable B. Franklin…” (4pp.); “The United States in Congress Assembled,” (6pp.) “The Contract entered into by the Honourable J. Adams, in behalf of the United States, with Sundries for a loan of four millions of florins,” (5pp.); “To the United States in Congress Assembled. The Address and Petition of the Officers of the Army of the United States,” (4pp.); “Extract of a Letter from his Excellency George Washington…March 12, 1783,” (26pp.). Evans 18224. Howes A76. rare. Only later boston and hartford editions have appeared at auction in the last 40 years.