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Published by William A. Davis, Washington DC, 1815
Seller: Carydale Books, Rhinebeck, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. 12mo, disbound pages from a larger book in good condition but quite dark from age, pp. 14, Page 12 has printed names of Madison and Monroe as President and Sec. of State with Adams et al named early as representatives in London. Pages 13-14 are a declaration from The British that the Island of St. Helena is excluded from right to visit as it will continue to be the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte. Page 14 has the printed name of Baker. Note: due to size and weight, shipping outside the USA will cost less than an average book.
Published by Secaucus, NJ : Blue & Grey Press, 1987., 1987
ISBN 10: 1555212026ISBN 13: 9781555212025
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 320, [2], 253, [38] pp. ; illustrated throughout, portraits ; 28 cm. ; 1555212026 (v. 5); 9781555212025 (v. 5) ; LC: E468.7; Dewey: 973.7 ; OCLC: 17757174 ; Reprint. Originally published: New York : Review of Reviews, 1911 ; blue and grey cloth in photographic dustjacket ; poems and writings by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Timrod, James Maurice Thompson, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Parsons Lathrop, Francis Ticknor, Thomas Read, Joseph O'Connor, Robert Burns Wilson, Elbridge Jefferson Cutl er, Sidney Lanier, Kate Brownlee Sherwood, William Tuckey Meredith, Richard Watson Gilder, Henry Abbey, Horace Porter, Julia Ward Howe, Charles Francis Adams, Walt Whitman, Margaret Junkin Preston, Nathaniel Graham Shepherd, Ethel Lynn Beers, Elizab eth Stuart Phelps Ward, William Gordon McCabe, James Ryder Randall, Albert Pike, Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers, Charles Graham Halpine, Henry Clay Work, Horace Porter, Francis Brete Harte, B enjamin Sledd, John Reuben Thompson, Frank H. Gassaway, Ch arles Dawson Shanly, James Jeffrey Roche, Will Henry Thompson, Kate Putnam Osgood, William Winter, Abram Joseph Ryan, Abraham Lincoln, James Russell Lowell, Francis Miles Finch, John Albee, Henry Jerome Stockard, Mary Ashley Townsend, Henry Peterson , Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jefferson Davis, L. Q. C. Lamar, Henry Woodfin Grady, John Jerome Rooney, Wallace Rice, John Howard Jewett, Frank Lebby Stanton ; photographs of all the principal officers of many regiments ; FINE/FINE. Book.
Published by Baltimore, 1816
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition with light foxing and a small corner chip.
On August 8, 1814, talks began at Ghent, Belgium, that would ultimately result in a treaty ending the War of 1812. The head of the American negotiating team was John Quincy Adams, the U.S.?s most experienced diplomat. The four men who served with him were carefully selected by President Madison to reflect the varieties of political sentiment in the United States. Foremost among them was Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and a noted War Hawk. Albert Gallatin had served as Secretary of the Treasury for both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. James Bayard was a U.S. Senator belonging to the Federalist Party who had been an opponent of the war, and was one of the 13 Senators to vote against declaring it. However, once the war began he supported the war effort. Jonathan Russell was acting U.S. ambassador to Britain when war was declared. Sent to Ghent as a negotiator, he was also serving as ambassador to Sweden and Norway. He proved instrumental in achieving the final peace terms.William H. Crawford was U.S. ambassador to France during the negotiations, and was responsible for superintending the American consuls in Europe and keeping them informed of developments. More than that, he was an advisor to the President on the happenings on the Continent. As Ambassador to the Court of one of the two major adversaries in the conflicts in Europe, he was also actively involved in the Ghent negotiation process, advising the negotiators and responding to their confidential communiqu?s.? He would later serve as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe.At the start, the U.S. negotiators had their instructions: "the impressment of seamen and illegal blockades were the principal cause of the war," which would "cease as soon as these rights are respected." British cruisers must not be allowed to stop and search U.S. vessels, which practice "withholds the respect due our flag?It is expected that all American seamen who have been impressed will be discharged.? Another major object of the negotiations was to end the British blockades. ?We also need to be assured that no further interference with our commerce" will take place. Next the instructions took up the question of the British arming and supplying the Indians. The article in the Treaty of 1794 allowing "British traders from Canada and the North to trade with the Indian Tribes in the U.S., must not be renewed." Nor must Britain continue to use native forces against "our Western States and Territories.? Thus, the U.S. negotiators must insist on an end to impressment, and ship seizures, and a stop to aiding the Indians in the American west.In late June, Secretary of State James Monroe had written Crawford, ?If the war goes on, some skillful French officers?may be useful. This is merely a hint??On October 14, pursuant to Monroe?s instructions, Crawford wrote to the Commissioners in code of a secret offer that had been made by the French, to the effect that experienced French troops would come to the US side to fight against the English in America.? ?It is my duty to communicate to you certain propositions which have been made and which it is believed have been made with a sincere desire to fulfil them. It is also believed that engagements of the same kind may be offered to a considerable extent and that the demand for advances [of cash from the U.S.] may be greatly diminished.In the latter event I cannot see any objection which can be offered to it on our part. The difficulty of executing these engagements excludes the idea that they can be very extensive but the advantages which they offer even upon a contracted scale ought not to be overlooked.?? Faced with more stalling from the British, U.S. delegation sent George Boyd, a messenger and secretary, to meet with Crawford in Paris and give a short but optimistic response to the French offer.? John Quincy Adams describes this incident in some detail in his Memoirs.Meanwhile, the British w.