(WASHINGTON GEORGE) Butler John The Political Fugitive Being

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(WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Butler, John. The Political Fugitive: Being a Brief Disquisition into the Modern System of British Politics. 8vo, early 1/4 calf, moderate wear; title page soiled with short tape repair. New York, 1794

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Butler was a political refugee who wrote this tract en route to America. On the title page is a bit of verse: "Resolv'd to see Columbia's shore / I left Britannia's injured isle / Despotic laws I dread no more / Nor shall my pen your heart beguile." Prefaced with a 3-page dedication to George Washington. Evans 26724; Sabin 9650.