Memoir Concerning the Commercial Relations of the United States with England ... Read at the National Institute, the 15th Germinal, in the year V. To Which is Added an Essay Upon the Advantages to Be Derived from New Colonies in the Existing Circumstances ....
by TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent
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Boston, Printed by Thomas B. Wait & Company, Sold by W. Wells, 1809.. First American Edition. Large 12°, disbound. Some browning, faint dampstains, small paper defect on second leaf, affecting a few letters of text. In good condition. 22 pp., (1 blank l.). *** First American edition. Talleyrand discusses the reasons for the increased trade between Great Britain and America following the War of Independence, and the development of American industry. In a separate essay, he considers why colonies have traditionally been established, and recommends that France begin colonization, with careful thought given to size, location, and the nature of the colonists. These two speeches were originally printed in the Mémoires de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts, 1799; the first separate edition was London, 1805. An English translation was published in London, 1806.*** Sabin 94259. Shaw & Shoemaker 18719. Kress B5581. This edition not in Howes; cf. T15 for the French edition.
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- Memoir Concerning the Commercial Relations of the United States with England ... Read at the National Institute, the 15th Germinal, in the year V. To Which is Added an Essay Upon the Advantages to Be Derived from New Colonies in the Existing Circumstances ....
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- TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent
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- Boston, Printed by Thomas B. Wait & Company, Sold by W. Wells, 1809.
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- United States, French Revolution, English, commerce, trade, colonies, colonialism, England, Great Britain, industry, colonization, Boston imprints
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