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2 vols. Life of John Jay. First Edition. 1833.

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2 vols. Life of John Jay. First Edition. 1833.

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Jay, William. The Life of John Jay: with Selections From His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. 2 volume set. FIRST EDITION. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume I.8vo. viii, 520; 502 pp. Contemporary 3/4 calf leather over marbled boards, black leather spine labels, gilt. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscription and tipped in letter from 1886 from the grand-daughter of John Jay, Ms. Elizabeth Clarkson Jay to front endpapers. Howes J-71. William Jay was an American abolitionist and jurist who was the son of the first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Jay. Minor rubbing. Foxing.

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2 vols. Life of John Jay. First Edition. 1833.

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