An Address Delivered Before the New England Society of Philadelphia; at the Semiannual Meeting, in May, 1824 [Inscribed]

Philadelphia: Published at the Request and by the Direction of the Society, 1824. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); removed; 23pp. Light spotting and toning to stock, faint vertical fold, top margin trimmed affecting author inscription at head of title page: "James Green[?] Esq. [?] from his friend the Author." Paean to New England and its history, maintaining that "from her very inception, [New England] contained the elements of freedom and independence, and was prepared to assert them, as soon as she could acquire the strength to maintain them," whereas "Virginia...was...in almost every respect the reverse of New England. She was planted and supported by the Virginia Company, and her infancy was governed in a very arbitrary manner" (p. 15). SABIN 6281; SHOEMAKER 15494.