Report of the committee of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, on the subject of impressed seamen: with the evidence and documents accompanying it. Published by order of the House of Representatives
by John Pickering, chair of Massachusetts House Committee
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Good softcover. Disbound with remains of leather spine; tightly bound; untrimmed fore and tail edges; front sheet (title page) has few contemporary numbers calculations in margins; old damp stain at top fore corner affects cover and following 11 leaves; leaf 17/18 has closed tear at top fore corner with small chip missing; erratum statement on p. 84. Cf, Sabin #46029; OCLC # 426136755 (citing Shaw & Shoemaker #29094); Harvard/Hollis #004275155. Report by Federalist controlled committee purports to show that War with Britain was not justified since relatively few American seamen were being impressed. Committee chair John Pickering was son of Timothy Pickering, Federalist Sec of War and State and leader of treasonous Essex Junto. 23 cm; 84 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M00044
- Title
- Report of the committee of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, on the subject of impressed seamen: with the evidence and documents accompanying it. Published by order of the House of Representatives
- Author
- John Pickering, chair of Massachusetts House Committee
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Mass. House of Representatives/ Russell and Cutler, printers
- Date Published
- 1813
- Keywords
- FEDERALISTS, CAPITALISM, TREASON, NEW ENGLAND, WAR OF 1812, ESSEX JUNTO, PICKERING, BRITAIN, IMPRESSMENT, MASSACHUSETTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Law, Politics;
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Madden Books
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.