The history of the administration of John Adams, esq., late president of the United States

Date:

1802.

Author:

Wood, John, 1775?-1822.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Publisher:

[Barlas and Ward]

Physical Description:

506 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm

Notes:

"This book was printed and ready for publication in December, 1801, but was suppressed at the instigation of Aaron Burr as being incorrect and also libelous. Overtures were made to the publishers, Messrs. Barlas and Ward, by Burr and his friends, for the purchase of the edition, and it was finally given up to them. The book was subsequently issued ... When ... placed on sale a new title page was added bearing the imprint, 'New York printed 1802'."--Tomkins, Bibl. Jeffersoniana, 1887, no. 279

Genres/Forms:

Gold tooled leather (Binding), History, Half bindings (Binding) rbbin, Fillet tools (Binding) rbbin, Marbled papers (Binding) rbbin, and Annotations (Provenance) rbprov MWA

Names:

Adams, John, 1735-1826 and Adams, John, 1735-1826

Chronological Terms:

1797-1801 fast

Geographic Terms:

United States History 1797-1801 and United States