Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 291

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(MEXICO.) [Chew, Samuel.] Exposicion del Asunto de la Corbeta Tepeyac ó Kensington. 8vo, disbound; moderate foxing. Philadelphia, 1830

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Samuel Chew (1795-1841) was a Philadelphia lawyer involved in an effort to build a naval vessel for the Mexican government, which soon defaulted on its payments. This is a printed compilation of documents from Chew's case against Mexico, in both English and Spanish. Not in Palau, Sabin, or Shaw-Shoemaker; only one copy listed on WorldCat.