The Suppressed History of the Administration of John Adams, (From 1797 to 1801), as Printed and Suppressed in 1802

  • hardcover
  • Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1846
By WOOD, John
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1846. hardcover. very good. Notes and appendix by John Henry Sherburne. Frontis. 392 pages. Thick 12mo, original blind-stamped black cloth (head of spine repaired; light foxing throughout). Philadelphia: Published by the Editor, 1846. Very good.

"Most copies bought up and destroyed by (Aaron) Burr." Howes W-632. Aaron Burr thought there would be a backlash against the Republican party, and tried to buy up every copy of the 1802 edition-being aware of the book's hostility towards the Federalist party.


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