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Lot 285
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). The Duplicate Letters, The Fisheries and the Mississippi. Washington: Davis and Force, 1822.
8vo (toning). Contemporary boards rebacked (staining). Provenance: Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (sold Bloomsbury, 19 November 2009).
FIRST EDITION. Published to counter rumors that while acting as chief American negotiator at the Treaty of Ghent, John Quincy Adams had offered the British navigation rights to the Mississippi River in exchange for a speedy end to the War of 1812.
Property from the Collection of Perry B. Hansen