AN ORATION, WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE YOUNG MEN OF BOSTON, AND DELIVERED, JULY 17TH, 1799 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TREATIES, AND CONSULAR CONVENTION, BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE NEW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.; (Writing as Tom Paine, NOT the famous Tom Paine)
Boston, Mass: John Russell, 1799. First Edition. Stitched Pamphlet. NOT TOM PAINE. NOT THOMAS PAINE. THIS BOOK IS NOT BY THE FAMOUS COLONIAL WRITER OF "THE RIGHTS OF MAN" OR "COMMON SENSE"8" x 5" octavo. 30 pages. Removed from a volume of pamphlets. Leather remnants on spine. Title-page clipped, upper right-hand corner. Two closed tears and frayed edges on browned title-page. Last two leaves (p. 27-30) fully detached. Errata on p. 30. Missing last blank leaf. Suspected contemporary ink inscription "22" on p. 2. Pages lightly-tanned throughout. Clean and easily readable. Contains a headpiece showing American flags, canons, and the Seal of the United States. (ESTC W28741) (Sabin 58200) (Evans 36030). Fair. Item #82844
Robert Treat Paine Jr. was an American poet and editor. He was the son of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence. An Oration was printed under his given name Thomas Paine. He later changed his name to Robert Treat in 1801 to avoid confusion with the famous revolutionary pamphleteer. (Wikipedia).
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