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AMERICA Papers Relating to America, FIRST EDITIONS, A.Strahan, 1810-11 (3)
14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
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Papers Relating to America. Presented to the House of Commons, 1809, 1810; Correspondence Relating to America, Presented to Parliament in 1810, 1811, FIRST EDITIONS, contemporary calf gilt, flat spines decorated in gilt with morocco lettering label, marbled edges, rubbed, 8vo, A. Strahan; and another copy of the second title, half calf (3)
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Provenance: Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), bookplate. Entering the Houses of Parliament in 1808, by 1810 he was an under-secretary at the Home Office, and in 1812 under-secretary for war and colonies, where he was "principally responsible for colonial administration.. [playing a] key role as a negotiator at Ghent in July 1814 charged with negotiating the final arrangement of frontiers, fisheries, and maritime rights at the cessation of the Anglo-American War of 1812–14" (ODNB); by descent to the present owner.

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