Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 356

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(WAR OF 1812.) The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates . . . Convened at Hartford. 3 pages, 19 x 11 3/4 inches, on one folding sheet; minor wear and foxing. (MRS) Hartford, CT, 6 January 1815

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First printing of the proceedings of the Hartford Convention, issued as an extra by the Connecticut Courant. Federalist leaders from the five New England states gathered to discuss their mounting frustration with the war. Some of the more extreme delegates favored secession and a separate peace with England. Provenance: sold by Cedric L. Robinson to the consignor, January 1976.