Porcupine, Peter [William Cobbett]

A New-Year's Gift to The Democrats; or Observations on a Pamphlet, entitled, "A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation."

Philadelphia: Thomas Bradford, 1796.

First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 71 pp + [1] publisher's ads. Disbound from a larger volume, else fine. Cobbett attacks Edmund Randolph, who had resigned as George Washington's Secretary of State after an accusation (unproven) that he had accepted a bribe from France to oppose a 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Sabin 13896. Scarce in the first edition.

Item #22510

Price: $225.00