(WAR OF 1812) The Hartford Convention in an Uproar and the W

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(WAR OF 1812.) The Hartford Convention in an Uproar! and the Wise Men of the East Confounded! Hand-colored folding frontispiece. 46, [2] pages. 12mo, contemporary marbled wrappers, worn; closed tear to frontispiece; small inked stamp of later owner in four places including verso of plate. (MRS) Windsor, VT, 1815

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A satire upon the Hartford Convention which met in secret to undermine the war effort. The frontispiece depicts three of the New England states prepared to jump into the lap of George III, who exclaims "O 'tis my Yankey boys! Jump in, my fine fellows, plenty molasses and codfish, plenty of goods to smuggle, honours, titles and nobility into the bargain." An unusually nice copy of a work often lacking the title page or frontispiece. Howes H261 ("b"); McCorison 1738; Sabin 30662 ("very rare"). Provenance: Swann sale, 18 October 1973, lot 142, to the consignor.