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Pamphlet
Madison Recommends War Against Great Britain, 1812

This 8-inch by 5-inch twelve-page pamphlet dated June 1812 is titled “Message from the President of the United States, Recommending An Immediate Declaration of War, Against Great Britain. June 1st, 1812. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. June 3d, 1812. Bill reported, declaring War against Great Britain, accompanied with a manifesto of the causes leading to that event. Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman. 1812.” Madison, justifying the need for war, lists various British depredations including, “...British cruizers [sic] have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it...” and “...the conduct of Great Britain towards...the warfare, just renewed by the savages...a warfare, which is known to spare neither age nor sex, and to be distinguished by features peculiarly shocking to humanity...” Madison’s message was delivered to Congress on June 1 and by June 3, Calhoun and his War Hawks reported out a bill declaring war on England. By June 18, 1812 it had been approved by the Congress and America was involved in “the second War of Independence.” Covers missing, foxing throughout.

Price: $160

XJT63

Pamphlet
“Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Sundry Documents Relating to a Declaration and Order in Council of the British Government, of the Twenty-first of April, 1812. July 13th, 1813, Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, Washington City; Printed by Roger C. Weightman. 1813.”

Copies of correspondence between Jonathan Russell, U. S. charge d’affaires in London and Viscount Castlereagh, British Foreign Minister. 35 pages, unbound, pinholes for string binding, deckled edges, light soiling and foxing.

Price: $100

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Pamphlet
“Report, or Manifesto of the Causes and Reasons of War with Great Britain, Presented to the House of Representatives by the Committee of Foreign Relations. June 3, 1812. Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table. Washington; A. & G. Way, Printers, 1812.”

Though attributed to the Committee of Foreign Relations, the author of this manifesto is usually considered to be “the Young Hercules” John C. Calhoun the Representative from South Carolina. Calhoun strongly argued for going to war against England. The report emphasizes actions by England that, in the opinion of the “War Hawks”, provoked and forced the United States to “...battle in a righteous cause...” 17 pages, some light foxing, disbound with some loose pages, but complete.

Price: $325

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Pamphlet
“Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of a Correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of G. Britain with the Secretary of State. June 5th, 1812. Printed by Order of the Senate United States. Washington City: Printed by R. C. Weightman. 1812.”

24 pages. Correspondence from Augustus J. Foster, Minister Plenipotentiary to the U. S. from Great Britain to James Monroe, Secretary of State regarding economic blockades erected by France and England. A portion of Monroe’s response appears on page 24. Some soiling on cover page, bound with string.

Price: $120

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Pamphlet
Major General Henry Dearborn for Governor of Massachusetts
Circa 1817

Henry Dearborn (1751 - 1825) participated in the Battles of Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Monmouth, the Quebec Expedition and the Siege of Yorktown. He was Secretary of War for Jefferson, the senior Major General in the War of 1812, Collector for the Port of Boston, member of the U. S. House of Representatives, and Minister to Portugal. The undated pamphlet is titled “Massachusetts Election! First Monday in April Next. American Nomination. Major-General Henry Dearborn, for Governor...” Approximately 9-inches by 6-inches, deckled edges, pages uncut at top, bound with string. Heavily toned, with some foxing, “Politics” written in ink on top of last page.

Price: $145

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Pamphlet
U.S. House of Representatives “Rep. No. 14”, 1828

20th U. S. Congress, 2nd Session. Concerns claims by Luther Chapin demanding restitution for his schooner Cuyahoga Packet which was captured in the first days of the War of 1812. 14 pages plus endpaper, no cover, 8.75-inches by 5.5-inches, toning and foxing.

Price: $45

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Pamphlet
Day of Thanksgiving Commemorating End of War of 1812

“Discourse, Delivered in Boston, April 13, 1815, the Day of Thanksgiving Appointed by the President of the United States, in Consequence of the Peace. By John Lathrop, D.D. Pastor of the Second Church in Boston, Published at the Request of the Hearers, Boston Published by J. W. Burditt, 1815.” Lathrop ruminates upon the impact of wars in America, including a long passage about Indians during King Philip’s War. He notes that U. S. was on brink of defeat before a treaty was signed ending the War of 1812. 28 pages, cover torn, piece missing from last page, soiling and staining. 9-inches by 5.75-inches.

Price: $155

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Pamphlet Madison Recommends War Against Great Britain, 1812

Pamphlet “Report, or Manifesto of the Causes and Reasons of War with Great Britain, Presented to the House of Representatives by the Committee of Foreign Relations. June 3, 1812. Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table. Washington; A. & G. Way, Printers, 1812.”

Pamphlet “Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of a Correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of G. Britain with the Secretary of State. June 5th, 1812. Printed by Order of the Senate United States. Washington City: Printed by R. C. Weightman. 1812.”

Pamphlet Major General Henry Dearborn for Governor of Massachusetts Circa 1817