AN ORATION, WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE YOUNG MEN OF BOSTON, AND DELIVERED, JULY 17TH, 1799. IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TREATIES, AND CONSULAR CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Suffield [CT]: Printed by Edward Gray, 1799. 16pp. Disbound and moderately foxed, Good+.

This is the scarce Suffield imprint of Paine's Oration, printed after the Boston edition of the same year. Unlike the more famous Thomas Paine, Robert Treat was a dedicated Federalist, Anglophile, and Francophobe. Here he predictably denounces "Gallic perfidy," as America's quasi-war with France heated up.
Evans 36031. Trumbull 1217. NAIP w021573 [6]. Item #29571

Price: $250.00