1820 · New York
by [Van Ness, William]
New York: Printed by J. Seymour, 1820. 178pp. Disbound, light blindstamp and rubberstamp on title page. Good+. Ownership signature of Wm. Green, dated 1845, and marginalia in his hand.
Burr's close friend-- his defender as 'Aristides', his second at the Hamilton duel, and now a Judge of the New York Supreme Court -- is charged with having used his judicial office improperly to obtain a bank charter which would personally benefit him.
Pages 173-178 consist of an essay, 'To the Public,' signed in type by Johnston Verplanck, Charles King, and James Hamilton. The Address "deplores the secrecy of the Committee's deliberations, challenges its integrity, and asserts that this compilation of speeches and arguments before the Committee has been prepared to inform the public of the truth of the case" [Cohen].
Cohen Supp. 14674.51. Sabin 98534. (Inventory #: 34514)
Burr's close friend-- his defender as 'Aristides', his second at the Hamilton duel, and now a Judge of the New York Supreme Court -- is charged with having used his judicial office improperly to obtain a bank charter which would personally benefit him.
Pages 173-178 consist of an essay, 'To the Public,' signed in type by Johnston Verplanck, Charles King, and James Hamilton. The Address "deplores the secrecy of the Committee's deliberations, challenges its integrity, and asserts that this compilation of speeches and arguments before the Committee has been prepared to inform the public of the truth of the case" [Cohen].
Cohen Supp. 14674.51. Sabin 98534. (Inventory #: 34514)