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MONROE, JAMES. A View of the Conduct of the Executive, in the Foreign Affairs of the United States. 8vo, later 1/2 calf, joints rubbed; uncut, top of title page tastefully restored with no loss of text, moderate browning. With half-title. Philadelphia, 1797
first edition. The future president''s defense of his controversial conduct as U.S. Minister to France. As the U.S. veered toward war with France, Monroe wrote "Our national honor is in the dust . . . our government and people branded as cowards, incapable of being provoked to resist, and ready to receive again those chains we had taught others to burst" (lxvi). Evans 32491; Howes M727; Larned 1661; Sabin 50020.
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