An Essay on Junius and His Letters: Embracing a Sketch of the Life and Character of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and Memoirs of Certain Other Distinguished Individuals; With Reflections Historical, Personal, and Political, Relating to the Affairs of Great Britain and America from 1763 to 1785.
Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1831. 449pp. Large 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards; uncut, partly unopened, deckled edges, moderate foxing, inner front hinge loose. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1831. Very good (-). First Edition. The author described the authorship of Junius as the "most important and artfully contrived secret of modern times". Waterhouse (1754-1846) introduced vaccination for smallpox into the United States. An important figure in American history, he worked closely with Thomas Jefferson to publicize the scientific basis of the purity..... More