A Narrative of the Supression by Col. Burr, of the History of the Administration of John Adams

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Late President of the United States., Written by John Wood. To which is added a Biography of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; and of General Hamilton: With Strictures of John Adams.extracted Verbatim from the Suppressed History. By a Citizen of New-York. 72pp. 8vo, sewn, margins uncut, text lightly browned throughout, some pages with some light foxing to margins, last page creased in right margin. New-York: Denniston and Cheetham, 1802. First Editon The author, ".was the editor of the American Citizen, the organ of the Republican party in New York; He was fond of invective and merciless in his attacks upon (Aaron) Burr." Tompkins 21. Aaron Burr's reaction to John Wood's History of the Administration of John Adams, ".five hundred pages, principally scurrility and illy-told private anecdotes with about thirty pages of high eulogium on A.B." He thought there would be a backlash against the Republican party, and tried to buy up every copy of the edition-being aware of the book's hostility towards the Federalist party. Howes C-337. Shaw & Shoemaker 2021. Sabin 12380. N° de ref. del artículo 275661

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