THE SPEECH OF MR. AMES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1796, IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING MOTION: RESOLVED, THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT TO PASS THE LAWS NECESSARY TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE TREATY LATELY CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE KING OF GREAT-BRITAIN.
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1796. [4], 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [torn at top blank portion]. Stitched, untrimmed, light to moderate foxing. Good+. Congress's most eloquent Federalist and Anglophile advocates adoption of the Jay Treaty with England. His support assured its passage. He warns the opposition "that a...... More