[SEDITION ACT] COOPER, THOMAS. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper, of Northumberland; on a charge of libel against the President of the United States.
Philadelphia: John Bioren, April 1800. First edition. Modern blue morocco backed cloth, the spine gilt lettered. 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (21 x 12 cm); 64 pp. Ink and embossed stamp to title, inked numerals to verso of title, spotting to title and some foxing and stains within, repair to page 25 affecting some text.

Thomas Cooper was a Pennsylvania lawyer and newspaper editor who after publishing a broadside critical of President John Adams, was convicted of violating the Sedition Act of 1798. Interestingly, while the imprint states this "trial is said to be printed for the author: this is a mistake: it is not printed for me. T.C." (last line of text, p. 64). Evans 37249; Sabin 16608.

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