Bowdoin on U.S. and British Relations, 1797
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[Bowdoin, James]. OPINIONS RESPECTING THE COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE DOMINIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN, INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS UPON THE NECESSITY AND IMPORTANCE OF AN AMERICAN NAVIGATION ACT. BY A CITIZEN OF MASSACHUSETTS. Boston: Samuel Hall, 1797. 8vo. 61, [1] pp., with half-title. Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched, some chips. Untrimmed, uncut copy, some very light foxing, half-title with short closed tear, corner-stains to front half (dissipating), Very Good. ************************************** First Edition. The son of Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin, who had been "among the founders of the republic" (DAB), the younger Bowdoin was a Jeffersonian who wrote the Opinions anonymously. The pamphlet is noteworthy for its forthright disagreement with the U.S.-Britain commercial treaty, its analysis of discriminatory "British trade regulations, its keen analysis of commercial principles, and its vigorous demand for a retaliatory policy." [Id.] Evans 31857; Kress B3351.
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