Item #1126 Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, Conditionally Ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To Which is Annexed, a Copious Appendix. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay.
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, Conditionally Ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To Which is Annexed, a Copious Appendix
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, Conditionally Ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To Which is Annexed, a Copious Appendix
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, Conditionally Ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To Which is Annexed, a Copious Appendix
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, Conditionally Ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To Which is Annexed, a Copious Appendix
Copy of the Jay Treaty with 1815 Library of Congress Bookplate

Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, Conditionally Ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To Which is Annexed, a Copious Appendix

Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Tuckniss for Mathew Carey, 1795. 3/4 calf with marbled paper sides. Duodecimo. iv, 283 pages.

Commonly known as "The Jay Treaty," this treaty resolved certain issues between the United States and Great Britain outstanding since the end of the American Revolutionary War. It was designed by Alexander Hamilton, negotiated by Chief Justice John Jay, and supported by President Washington. Jeffersonian Republicans were staunchly opposed to it, however, and the deep divisions caused by this debate gave birth to the American political party system. Even President Washington came under attack, with protesters picketing at Mount Vernon, calls for his impeachment, and even political cartoons of him being guillotined.

This copy is of particular interest and importance because it bears a Library of Congress bookplate printed by William Elliot in 1815. These bookplates were ordered for the rebuilding of the collection after the Congressional library was burnt by the British on their visit to Washington in 1814. Thomas Jefferson sold his library to the Government as the foundation of the new Library of Congress, and these Elliot bookplates were pasted into Jefferson's volumes and those acquired from other sources as the early collection grew.

Ref. HOWES T341
Bookplate ref. EARLY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BOOKPLATES, by Frederick R. Goff, in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress Vol. 26, No. 1 (JANUARY 1969).

Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Bumps and wear at extremities. Rear board professionally reattached. Library of Congress bookplate with oval deaccession stamp on front pastedown, similar stamps on succeeding page, and a small perforated "LC" on title page. Interior mildly age toned, a few scattered pencil marks. Overall near fine.

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