Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 255

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
[JEFFERSON, THOMAS.] Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States. 8vo, disbound; uncut and partly unopened, minor foxing. Philadelphia: Joseph Gales, [1798?]

Additional Details

Second edition of America's first federal census report, giving population totals for each township, including a separate column for slaves. The first edition is generally found signed by Jefferson and brings more than $50,000. This second edition is signed only in type, but is considerably less common per ESTC. Evans 34905; Howes R220 ("aa").