AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND. BY ALGERNON SYDNEY
1809 · Portsmouth
by [Granger, Gideon]
Portsmouth, 1809. 36pp, stitched, untrimmed, scattered fox and minor extremity chipping. Good+.
"In this impassioned vindication of Jefferson's administration, Postmaster General Gideon Granger anonymously argued that Jefferson was a friend of commerce who, in proposing the embargo, had promoted long-term commercial interests. The embargo had prevented U.S. merchants from becoming captive vassals of English trade. Granger urged New England not to separate from the Union, warning that to do so would bring economic disaster upon the region because (truncated)
"In this impassioned vindication of Jefferson's administration, Postmaster General Gideon Granger anonymously argued that Jefferson was a friend of commerce who, in proposing the embargo, had promoted long-term commercial interests. The embargo had prevented U.S. merchants from becoming captive vassals of English trade. Granger urged New England not to separate from the Union, warning that to do so would bring economic disaster upon the region because (truncated)
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