INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, Their Letters of Credence and Full Powers, and the Dispatches Received from Them Relative to Their Mission.
by United States. Department of State
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Printed by W. Ross, Philadelphia: ()., 1798 131 p. Publisher's device on title page. Light XLib stamp of the Mercantile Library on title page and elsewhere. Light dampstain. Lacks fly leaves. Top edge gilt. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Disbound - removed. Good. Title continues: 'Published by the Secretary of State (Timothy Pickering), In conformity with the Resolution of Congress, of the 22d June 1798.' The envoys were: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825); John Marshall (1755-1835); and Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814). An important document in the quasi-war with France (1798). Evans 34838. Sabin 34870. Quite scarce. EVANS1. Hardcover.
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- INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, Their Letters of Credence and Full Powers, and the Dispatches Received from Them Relative to Their Mission.
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- United States. Department of State
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Publisher
- Printed by W. Ross, Philadelphia: ().
- Date Published
- 1798
- Keywords
- EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS UNITED STATES FRENCH REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT LETTERS OF CREDENCE DISPATCHES FOREIGN RELATIONS 1797 TO 1801 CONGRESS TIMOTHY PICKERING CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY JOHN MARSHALL ELBRIDGE GERRY EVANS PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1798
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- LAW / GOVERNMENT / POLITICS; FRENCH / FRANCE; EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Leaves
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- Title Page
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- Device
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- Top Edge Gilt
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