Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: or, an Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, and Proceedings, . . . the Revolutionary Period in the United States.

Niles, Hezekiah

Verlag: William Ogden Niles, Baltimore, MD, 1822

Beschreibung

1st printing; 3/4 brown leather w/marbled boards; wear at spine & tips, wrinkled end papers; 495 pages, ex-library and rebound, little foxing on title-page otherwise very good. Howes N154, Sabin 55312. Documents are arranged by state. Includes Orations on the Boston Massacre. Virginia for example has 37 documents published. Additional documents are from the Continental Congress, British Parliament, etc. From the Columbia Encyclopedia: "Hezekiah Niles, 1777-1839, American journalist, b. Jefferiss Ford, Pa. Editor (180511) of the Baltimore Evening Post and founder (1811) of Niles Weekly Register, he was one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period.'. Size: 8 Vo; 2 Pounds. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 061772

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Principles and Acts of the Revolution in ...

Verlag: William Ogden Niles, Baltimore, MD

Erscheinungsdatum: 1822

Einband: Leatherbound

Zustand: Collectible Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued

Auflage: 1st.