Important Documents Which Accompanied the Message of the President of the United States at the Opening of the Second Session of the Eleventh Congress

New-York: Prior and Dunning, printed by Southwick & Pelsue, Printers, 1809. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. An apparent First Edition of this important State Paper, being an extraordinary record of correspondence between U.S. government officials and envoys and other representatives of the King of England and His Majesty's Council and French equivalents. Spine of the original publication is taped and then bound in to a sort of library binding of wallpaper over boards, brown paper-backed. Top-stained in blue, with some superficial markings to endpapers, a gnawed page, light waffling to paper, penned pagination at upper tips, else clean and unmarked. The tape at spine has an abraded title label. Some toning to text portion, else very good. [3], 4-88 pp. Comprised of the correspondence between Robert Smith, then Secretary of the U.S. Navy with representatives of the King, Erskine, Jackson and Pinkney, and with French notables such as Count Champagny, all about maritime activities and sovereignty in the lead up to the War of 1812. Robert Smith was the Secretary of Navy during Thomas Jefferson's two terms as President and later served as James Madison's first Secretary of State.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.