A Political and Civil History of the United States of America, from the Year 1763 to the Close of the Adminstration of President Washington, in March, 1797.
New Haven: Hezekiah Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo, 539pp. + 500pp., frontispiece portrait, 8vo, contemporary tree calf with leather labels; bindings rubbed, second volume joint cracked, moderate foxing throughout. New Haven: Hezekiah Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828. First Edition. Very good(-). Author was a lawyer and congressman from Connecticut. "Compiled from original sources, the work was marked by `accuracy, judicial temper, excellent judgment, and exhaustive research.'" Dictionary of American Biography XIV, p. 639. Howes..... More