[Drop title] The Crisis. To the People of Connecticut

[Hartford, n.d. but 1819]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); self-wrappers; 16pp. Spine perished and rear leaf separated but present, quite dark tide mark, chipping to extremities. Good only. Attributed to old-guard Connecticut Federalist Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851) whose fortunes had taken a turn the previous year when, after a decade as judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, the position was taken from him by the opposition government. SABIN 17539; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 47751.