1832 Antique 3 VOL 1st Ed US Colonial History Revolutionary War Founding Father
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:18226507 | Year Printed: 1832 |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Binding: Hardcover |
| Publisher: Gray & Bowen | Author: Jared Sparks |
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A three volume, antique first edition set, this isTHE LIFE OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, With Selections from his Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers;Detailing Events in the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and in the Political History of the United Statesby Jared SparksIn Three VolumesPublished by Gray & Bowen, Boston 1832. 1st Ed.
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Each volume 6" by 8 3/4" hardcover (leather at corners, marbled paper over boards, cloth tape over spines with handwritten titles). Vol. I: xii, 517 pages plus list of publications by Gouverneur Morris. Vol. II: vi, 531 pages. Vol. III: iv, 520 pages. Index at end of Vol. III.Prior library volumes.
Gouverneur Morris (1752 – 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution. He represented New York in the United States Senate from 1800 to 1803 and also served as Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1792 - 1794).
CONTENTS:VOLUME I:CHAPTER I. The Morris Family in America.- Birth and education of Gouverneur Morris. - His College Orations.— Studies law with William Smith, the Historian of New York.- Writes on the Finance of the Colony.-- Practises law.— Meditates a visit to Europe.— First movements in New York concerning the aggressions of England.— Mr Morris's views of that subject. CHAPTER II. Political state of the American Colonies at the opening of the Revolution. — Organization of the first forms of Government. — Committees of the people. — First Provincial Convention and Congress of New York - Modes of election. — Part taken by Mr Morris in the first Congress. -- Aspect of political opinions in the Congress and in the Colony. — Means of raising money. — Mr Morris's plan.CHAPTER III. Indian disturbances on the frontiers. --- Guy Johnson's letter and the reply of the Congress. - Intercepted correspondence of General Gage. — Preparations for military defence. — Project of the Congress for a conciliation with England. — Mr Morris's modification. — Burke's correspondence with the Assembly of New York - Ceremony on the occasion of General Washington's passing through New York to take command of the army. CHAPTER IV. Ticonderoga – Ethan Allen. — State of affairs on Lake Champlain. — Visit of Allen and Warner to the Continental Congress and the Congress of New York. - Authorized to raise a regiment of Green Mountain Boys. - Emission of money by New York. - General Wooster marches his forces to Haerlem. — Committee of Safety. — Its organization and powers. - Unpopular measure of attempting to seize the arms of disaffected persons. — Affair with the armed ship Asia, in the harbor of New York. - Captain Sears. - Destruction of Rivington's printing presses. — Excitement occasioned by that adventure. CHAPTER V. Administration of Justice. -- Delegates to the Continental Congress. - Pay of Members in that body. — Apprehensions of an attack on New York. - General Charles Lee takes command there. - Preparations for defence — General Lee's correspondence with Washington. -- Power of arresting Tories. — Lord Stirling takes command in New York. - Washington's arrival there. CHAPTER VI. Proceedings for organizing a new Government in New York. — Mr. Morris's views of the subject. — Mr Jay's Resolutions. — Mr Morris's Speech in favor of Independence. — His mission to the Continental Congress. - Declaration of Independence adopted in New York. - Committee appointed to draft a Constitution. CHAPTER VII. Regulations respecting Tories. — Draft of a Constitution reported to the Convention. — Debated in Convention. — Council of Appointment. — Views of Jay, Morris, and Livingston. — Council of Revision. — Toleration. — Slavery. — Constitution adopted. CHAPTER VIII. Plan for organizing the New Government. — Governor Clinton. -- Alarms at the evacuation of Ticonderoga. - Mr Morris visits General Schuyler's HeadQuarters. - His letters to the Convention. — Appointed on a Committee to meet Delegates from the New England States at Springfield. — Monopoly and regulation of prices. — Mr Morris and Mr Jay visit General Washington's HeadQuarters as a Committee from the Convention. — Curious interview of General Gates with Congress. -- General Schuyler. — Mr Morris's correspondence with him.CHAPTER IX. Mr. Morris chosen a Delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. - Takes his seat. - Passes the winter at Valley Forge on a Committee from Congress. - His intimacy with Washington. — Arrangements of the army. — He draws up a paper for Congress on the state of Public Affairs. - Debates in Congress on a provision for half pay to the officers. - Correspondence with Mr Jay. — Letter from Dr Shippen. CHAPTER X. Mr Morris's Correspondence with General Washington. — Conway's intrigues. — General Lafayette. — Foreign officers in the service of the United States. — Petition of the American officers. - General Greene.CHAPTER XI. Lord North's Conciliatory Propositions. — Proceedings of Congress on that subject. — British Commissioners. - Mr Morris takes a leading part in the transactions respecting them. — Prepares the instructions to Dr Franklin. — Interview and conversation with the French Minister. — Western boundaries. — Finances of America. - Canada Expedition. — Washington's arrangements for the next campaign.CHAPTER XII. Debates in Congress on the terms of peace — Mr Morris drafts the instructions on the subject. — Silas Deane. — Thomas Paine. — Mr. Morris's Speech in the affair of Paine. — Treaties with Foreign Powers.CHAPTER XIII. Controversy between New York and Vermont — Views of Clinton, Morris, and Hamilton on that subject. — Mr Morris retires from Congress. - Valuable papers written by him on American Currency and Finance. — Accident occasioning the loss of his leg. — Spain and the United States.CHAPTER XIV. Organization of Executive Departments in Congress. - Robert R. Livingston. — Robert Morris, at the head of the Finance Department. — Gouverneur Morris Assistant Financier. — Bank of North America - New instructions for negotiating peace. - -Mr Morris's opinions respecting them. – First Secretary of War. — M. Rendon. CHAPTER XV. Mr Morris and General Knox Commissioners for exchange of prisoners - France and the United States. — Count Vergennes. — Correspondence between Mr Morris and General Greene. — Newburgh Letters. - Close of the War. — British commercial restrictions. — Trade between the United States and French West India Islands. CHAPTER XVI. Mr Morris visits Morrisania after the peace. — Illumination in Philadelphia. — His arguments for the Bank of North America. - Condition of the Tories. — Commercial restrictions. — M. de Chastellux. - Pamphlet on the Bank .- Mr Morris's plan of a new Coinage. — Purchases the estate at Morrisania. CHAPTER XVII. Convention for forming the Constitution of the United States. — Mr Morris's opinions in that body. — Mr Madison's letter. — Hamilton. — Mr Morris visits Virginia. - Prepares to depart for Europe. — Washington.CHAPTER XVIII. Mr Morris sails for Europe. — Arrives in Paris - Lafayette. — Jefferson. — Mr Morris's Diary. — Extracts concerning events of the French Revolution. — Madame de Chastellux. - Dutchess of Orleans. — Maréchal de Castries. — Necker. — Ceremony of opening the States-General. – Ségur. — The Bishop d’Autun. — Montmorin .- Madame de Staël. — Letter to Lafayette on a new Ministry. — Affair of Favras. — Mr Morris's Note to the Queen.CHAPTER XIX. Mr Morris is commissioned by Washington on a secret agency to the British Government. — His negotiation. — Duke of Leeds. - Mr Pitt. — Tour up the Rhine, — Selections from the Diary narrating events in Paris. -- Mr Morris's multiplicity of affairs in Europe. — Death of Mirabeau. - Mr Morris visits the Dutchess of Orleans at Eu. - He writes a Mémoire for the King, and the draft of a speech designed to be pronounced by the King to the National Assembly. CHAPTER XX. Mr Morris appointed Minister from the United States to the Court of France. — Presented to the King. — Aids in concerting a secret plan for the removal of the King and Royal Family from France. — Bertrand de Molleville. — Monciel. - The King deposits money in the hands of Mr Morris. - Dutchess of Orleans. CHAPTER XXI. Negotiation for paying a part of the French debt. — Doubts raised in this respect by the change of Government. — Differences with the French Ministers. - Mr Morris demands his passport, and threatens to leave Paris. - Capture of Lafayette. — Views of the American Ministers at London, Paris, and the Hague, as to their authority to demand his release. — Imprisonment of Madame de Lafayette in Paris. — Disagreeable situation of Mr Morris, as Minister in Paris. - Retires into the country. — His various official acts and duties. — Imprisonment of Thomas Paine at the Luxembourg, and Mr Morris's attempt to procure his release. — Mr Morris's recall. CHAPTER XXII. Mr Monroe. — Mr Morris leaves France. — Travels in Switzerland. — Visits M. Necker and Madame de Staël. — Basle. —Schaffhausen. — Passes through Germany to Hamburg. — Resides at Altona. - Travels in Holstein. - Arrives in London. — Interview with Lord Grenville. — Count Woronzow. — Mr Pitt. — Travels in England and Scotland. — Bishop of Landaff. - Conversation with the King. — Returns to the Continent. — Visits Berlin, Dresden, and Vienna. - Sir Morton Eden.CHAPTER XXIII. Mr Morris's attempt in Vienna to procure the liberation of Lafayette. – Correspondence with Madame de Staël on that subject. — Interview with the Austrian Minister. — Letter to Madame de Lafayette. — Royal Princess of France. — Austrian Nobility. — Leaves Vienna for Berlin - Conversation with the King of Prussia. - Residence in Brunswick. - Returns to Altona. - Lafayette's release from Olmutz - Given up to the American Consul at Hamburg, in presence of Mr Morris.CHAPTER XXIV. Mr Morris commences another tour to the South of Germany. — Francfort, Ratisbon, Munich. - Count Rumford. — Mr Morris returns to Altona. - Duke of Orleans. — His concealment in Switzerland — Letters from the Countess de Flahaut to Mr Morris concerning him. — They travel together to Hamburg — The Duke's travels in Norway and Sweden. — His correspondence with Mr Morris. - His visit to the United States. CHAPTER XXV. Mr Morris's voyage to America. - Arrival in New York. - He retires to Morrisania. - Chosen to the Senate of the United States. — Engaged in a cause at the bar with Hamilton. — Presidential election. — Part taken by him as a Senator. — His tour to Canada. - His political opinions. — Orations and political writings. - General Moreau. - Madame de Staël's proposed visit to the United States.CHAPTER XXVI. Mr Morris first suggests the idea of the Canal between Lake Erie and the Hudson. — His services in effecting that work - His death. - Sketch of his character by Madame de Damas - Concluding remarks.
VOLUME II:I. Correspondence, Official and Private, respecting a Negotiation with the British Ministry. II. Correspondence, Official and Private, concerning the French Revolution, and the affairs of France. III. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers relating to French affairs. - 1. Observations on Government, applicable to the Political State of France. - 2. Note addressed to the Queen of France, on the Course to be pursued by the King. - 3. Plan of a Campaign for France, submitted to General Lafayette. - 4. Note written for the Count de Montmorin, containing Suggestions respecting a Change of Government. - 5. Letter to the Count de Montmorin, on the State of Public Affairs. - 6. Note communicated to the Count de Montmorin. - 7. Speech composed for the King of France, with some Observations on the Constitu tion. - 8. Memoir written for the King of France, respecting the New Constitution. - 9. Letter to Count de Montmorin, on providing Subsistance for Paris. - 10. Letter to the King of France. - 11. Draft of a Manifesto to be made by the King of France, late Monsieur.
VOLUME III:I. Miscellaneous Correspondence during the Residence of Mr Morris in Europe.II. Correspondence after the Return of Mr Morris from Europe, on Private and Political Affairs in the United States. III. Speeches delivered in the Senate of the United States. - 1. First Speech on the Judiciary Establishment of the United States. - 2. Second Speech on the Judiciary Establishment. - 3. Speech on the Free Navigation of the Mississippi River, and the Right of Deposit within the Spanish Territories.IV. Address to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, on the Abolition of the Bank of North America. V. Observations on the Finances of the United States, in the Year 1789. VI. Notes on a Form of a Constitution for France.
CONDITION: As noted above, all volumes have cloth tape over spines, handwritten titles and library numbers on spine. Library treatments on endpapers plus stamps on title pages. Leather worn through at corners. Age toning and scattered foxing.
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Each volume 6" by 8 3/4" hardcover (leather at corners, marbled paper over boards, cloth tape over spines with handwritten titles). Vol. I: xii, 517 pages plus list of publications by Gouverneur Morris. Vol. II: vi, 531 pages. Vol. III: iv, 520 pages. Index at end of Vol. III.Prior library volumes.
Gouverneur Morris (1752 – 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution. He represented New York in the United States Senate from 1800 to 1803 and also served as Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1792 - 1794).
CONTENTS:VOLUME I:CHAPTER I. The Morris Family in America.- Birth and education of Gouverneur Morris. - His College Orations.— Studies law with William Smith, the Historian of New York.- Writes on the Finance of the Colony.-- Practises law.— Meditates a visit to Europe.— First movements in New York concerning the aggressions of England.— Mr Morris's views of that subject. CHAPTER II. Political state of the American Colonies at the opening of the Revolution. — Organization of the first forms of Government. — Committees of the people. — First Provincial Convention and Congress of New York - Modes of election. — Part taken by Mr Morris in the first Congress. -- Aspect of political opinions in the Congress and in the Colony. — Means of raising money. — Mr Morris's plan.CHAPTER III. Indian disturbances on the frontiers. --- Guy Johnson's letter and the reply of the Congress. - Intercepted correspondence of General Gage. — Preparations for military defence. — Project of the Congress for a conciliation with England. — Mr Morris's modification. — Burke's correspondence with the Assembly of New York - Ceremony on the occasion of General Washington's passing through New York to take command of the army. CHAPTER IV. Ticonderoga – Ethan Allen. — State of affairs on Lake Champlain. — Visit of Allen and Warner to the Continental Congress and the Congress of New York. - Authorized to raise a regiment of Green Mountain Boys. - Emission of money by New York. - General Wooster marches his forces to Haerlem. — Committee of Safety. — Its organization and powers. - Unpopular measure of attempting to seize the arms of disaffected persons. — Affair with the armed ship Asia, in the harbor of New York. - Captain Sears. - Destruction of Rivington's printing presses. — Excitement occasioned by that adventure. CHAPTER V. Administration of Justice. -- Delegates to the Continental Congress. - Pay of Members in that body. — Apprehensions of an attack on New York. - General Charles Lee takes command there. - Preparations for defence — General Lee's correspondence with Washington. -- Power of arresting Tories. — Lord Stirling takes command in New York. - Washington's arrival there. CHAPTER VI. Proceedings for organizing a new Government in New York. — Mr. Morris's views of the subject. — Mr Jay's Resolutions. — Mr Morris's Speech in favor of Independence. — His mission to the Continental Congress. - Declaration of Independence adopted in New York. - Committee appointed to draft a Constitution. CHAPTER VII. Regulations respecting Tories. — Draft of a Constitution reported to the Convention. — Debated in Convention. — Council of Appointment. — Views of Jay, Morris, and Livingston. — Council of Revision. — Toleration. — Slavery. — Constitution adopted. CHAPTER VIII. Plan for organizing the New Government. — Governor Clinton. -- Alarms at the evacuation of Ticonderoga. - Mr Morris visits General Schuyler's HeadQuarters. - His letters to the Convention. — Appointed on a Committee to meet Delegates from the New England States at Springfield. — Monopoly and regulation of prices. — Mr Morris and Mr Jay visit General Washington's HeadQuarters as a Committee from the Convention. — Curious interview of General Gates with Congress. -- General Schuyler. — Mr Morris's correspondence with him.CHAPTER IX. Mr. Morris chosen a Delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. - Takes his seat. - Passes the winter at Valley Forge on a Committee from Congress. - His intimacy with Washington. — Arrangements of the army. — He draws up a paper for Congress on the state of Public Affairs. - Debates in Congress on a provision for half pay to the officers. - Correspondence with Mr Jay. — Letter from Dr Shippen. CHAPTER X. Mr Morris's Correspondence with General Washington. — Conway's intrigues. — General Lafayette. — Foreign officers in the service of the United States. — Petition of the American officers. - General Greene.CHAPTER XI. Lord North's Conciliatory Propositions. — Proceedings of Congress on that subject. — British Commissioners. - Mr Morris takes a leading part in the transactions respecting them. — Prepares the instructions to Dr Franklin. — Interview and conversation with the French Minister. — Western boundaries. — Finances of America. - Canada Expedition. — Washington's arrangements for the next campaign.CHAPTER XII. Debates in Congress on the terms of peace — Mr Morris drafts the instructions on the subject. — Silas Deane. — Thomas Paine. — Mr. Morris's Speech in the affair of Paine. — Treaties with Foreign Powers.CHAPTER XIII. Controversy between New York and Vermont — Views of Clinton, Morris, and Hamilton on that subject. — Mr Morris retires from Congress. - Valuable papers written by him on American Currency and Finance. — Accident occasioning the loss of his leg. — Spain and the United States.CHAPTER XIV. Organization of Executive Departments in Congress. - Robert R. Livingston. — Robert Morris, at the head of the Finance Department. — Gouverneur Morris Assistant Financier. — Bank of North America - New instructions for negotiating peace. - -Mr Morris's opinions respecting them. – First Secretary of War. — M. Rendon. CHAPTER XV. Mr Morris and General Knox Commissioners for exchange of prisoners - France and the United States. — Count Vergennes. — Correspondence between Mr Morris and General Greene. — Newburgh Letters. - Close of the War. — British commercial restrictions. — Trade between the United States and French West India Islands. CHAPTER XVI. Mr Morris visits Morrisania after the peace. — Illumination in Philadelphia. — His arguments for the Bank of North America. - Condition of the Tories. — Commercial restrictions. — M. de Chastellux. - Pamphlet on the Bank .- Mr Morris's plan of a new Coinage. — Purchases the estate at Morrisania. CHAPTER XVII. Convention for forming the Constitution of the United States. — Mr Morris's opinions in that body. — Mr Madison's letter. — Hamilton. — Mr Morris visits Virginia. - Prepares to depart for Europe. — Washington.CHAPTER XVIII. Mr Morris sails for Europe. — Arrives in Paris - Lafayette. — Jefferson. — Mr Morris's Diary. — Extracts concerning events of the French Revolution. — Madame de Chastellux. - Dutchess of Orleans. — Maréchal de Castries. — Necker. — Ceremony of opening the States-General. – Ségur. — The Bishop d’Autun. — Montmorin .- Madame de Staël. — Letter to Lafayette on a new Ministry. — Affair of Favras. — Mr Morris's Note to the Queen.CHAPTER XIX. Mr Morris is commissioned by Washington on a secret agency to the British Government. — His negotiation. — Duke of Leeds. - Mr Pitt. — Tour up the Rhine, — Selections from the Diary narrating events in Paris. -- Mr Morris's multiplicity of affairs in Europe. — Death of Mirabeau. - Mr Morris visits the Dutchess of Orleans at Eu. - He writes a Mémoire for the King, and the draft of a speech designed to be pronounced by the King to the National Assembly. CHAPTER XX. Mr Morris appointed Minister from the United States to the Court of France. — Presented to the King. — Aids in concerting a secret plan for the removal of the King and Royal Family from France. — Bertrand de Molleville. — Monciel. - The King deposits money in the hands of Mr Morris. - Dutchess of Orleans. CHAPTER XXI. Negotiation for paying a part of the French debt. — Doubts raised in this respect by the change of Government. — Differences with the French Ministers. - Mr Morris demands his passport, and threatens to leave Paris. - Capture of Lafayette. — Views of the American Ministers at London, Paris, and the Hague, as to their authority to demand his release. — Imprisonment of Madame de Lafayette in Paris. — Disagreeable situation of Mr Morris, as Minister in Paris. - Retires into the country. — His various official acts and duties. — Imprisonment of Thomas Paine at the Luxembourg, and Mr Morris's attempt to procure his release. — Mr Morris's recall. CHAPTER XXII. Mr Monroe. — Mr Morris leaves France. — Travels in Switzerland. — Visits M. Necker and Madame de Staël. — Basle. —Schaffhausen. — Passes through Germany to Hamburg. — Resides at Altona. - Travels in Holstein. - Arrives in London. — Interview with Lord Grenville. — Count Woronzow. — Mr Pitt. — Travels in England and Scotland. — Bishop of Landaff. - Conversation with the King. — Returns to the Continent. — Visits Berlin, Dresden, and Vienna. - Sir Morton Eden.CHAPTER XXIII. Mr Morris's attempt in Vienna to procure the liberation of Lafayette. – Correspondence with Madame de Staël on that subject. — Interview with the Austrian Minister. — Letter to Madame de Lafayette. — Royal Princess of France. — Austrian Nobility. — Leaves Vienna for Berlin - Conversation with the King of Prussia. - Residence in Brunswick. - Returns to Altona. - Lafayette's release from Olmutz - Given up to the American Consul at Hamburg, in presence of Mr Morris.CHAPTER XXIV. Mr Morris commences another tour to the South of Germany. — Francfort, Ratisbon, Munich. - Count Rumford. — Mr Morris returns to Altona. - Duke of Orleans. — His concealment in Switzerland — Letters from the Countess de Flahaut to Mr Morris concerning him. — They travel together to Hamburg — The Duke's travels in Norway and Sweden. — His correspondence with Mr Morris. - His visit to the United States. CHAPTER XXV. Mr Morris's voyage to America. - Arrival in New York. - He retires to Morrisania. - Chosen to the Senate of the United States. — Engaged in a cause at the bar with Hamilton. — Presidential election. — Part taken by him as a Senator. — His tour to Canada. - His political opinions. — Orations and political writings. - General Moreau. - Madame de Staël's proposed visit to the United States.CHAPTER XXVI. Mr Morris first suggests the idea of the Canal between Lake Erie and the Hudson. — His services in effecting that work - His death. - Sketch of his character by Madame de Damas - Concluding remarks.
VOLUME II:I. Correspondence, Official and Private, respecting a Negotiation with the British Ministry. II. Correspondence, Official and Private, concerning the French Revolution, and the affairs of France. III. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers relating to French affairs. - 1. Observations on Government, applicable to the Political State of France. - 2. Note addressed to the Queen of France, on the Course to be pursued by the King. - 3. Plan of a Campaign for France, submitted to General Lafayette. - 4. Note written for the Count de Montmorin, containing Suggestions respecting a Change of Government. - 5. Letter to the Count de Montmorin, on the State of Public Affairs. - 6. Note communicated to the Count de Montmorin. - 7. Speech composed for the King of France, with some Observations on the Constitu tion. - 8. Memoir written for the King of France, respecting the New Constitution. - 9. Letter to Count de Montmorin, on providing Subsistance for Paris. - 10. Letter to the King of France. - 11. Draft of a Manifesto to be made by the King of France, late Monsieur.
VOLUME III:I. Miscellaneous Correspondence during the Residence of Mr Morris in Europe.II. Correspondence after the Return of Mr Morris from Europe, on Private and Political Affairs in the United States. III. Speeches delivered in the Senate of the United States. - 1. First Speech on the Judiciary Establishment of the United States. - 2. Second Speech on the Judiciary Establishment. - 3. Speech on the Free Navigation of the Mississippi River, and the Right of Deposit within the Spanish Territories.IV. Address to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, on the Abolition of the Bank of North America. V. Observations on the Finances of the United States, in the Year 1789. VI. Notes on a Form of a Constitution for France.
CONDITION: As noted above, all volumes have cloth tape over spines, handwritten titles and library numbers on spine. Library treatments on endpapers plus stamps on title pages. Leather worn through at corners. Age toning and scattered foxing.
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