Item #27342 BLUE LIGHTS, OR THE CONVENTION. A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS. Jonathan M. Scott.
BLUE LIGHTS, OR THE CONVENTION. A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS.
BLUE LIGHTS, OR THE CONVENTION. A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS.
BLUE LIGHTS, OR THE CONVENTION. A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS.

BLUE LIGHTS, OR THE CONVENTION. A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS.

New York: Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. Tan paper-covered boards, printing the title on the front cover, and a publisher's advertisement on the rear cover. Front board nearly detached. Accession number on spine, institutional bookplate and discard stamp on blank verso of half title. [2], xi, [1 blank], [15]- 50 pp, with the half title. Text untrimmed, generously margined, and Very Good. Overall, Good+.

A poetic attack on Federalists for their opposition to the War of 1812 and the scheme of disunion which they brought to the infamous Hartford Convention. The book also includes Scott's notes and explanatory remarks, and his documentation of British atrocities.
Wegelin 1132. Sabin 78325. Item #27342

Price: $175.00

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