Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine.
With Several Speeches on Issues Relating to the American Revolution Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham [1708-1778]. Burke, Edmund [1729-1797]. Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron [1750-1823]. Mackintosh, James [1765-1832]. Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine. To Which is Added, The Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of Peltier. Selected by a Member of the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia: Published by Edward C. Biddle, 1842. vi, 540 pp. Text followed by 16-pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 22 x 14 cm). Contemporary sheep, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges. Some shallow scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint cracked, corners bumped and worn, front hinge starting, owner signature of Linda Watson to front free endpaper, owner inscription of James W. Watson to front endleaf. Light toning and foxing to interior, faint dampstain to top portion of first 25 or so leaves, pencil underlining in a few places. $150. * Includes speeches on American taxation, the impeachment of Warren Hastings, liberty of the press, and a defense of Thomas Hardy, indicted for high treason, among others. James W. Watson [1824-1899] was a Mississippi merchant and planter with a large private library. Melinda "Linda" Watson [1861-1924] was one of his five children. Not in Cohen. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi (1891) II:994-996.
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