Author: Yates, Robert; Luther Martin.
Title: Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From notes taken by the late Robert Yates ... Including "The genuine information," laid before the legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin ... Also, other historical documents, relative to the federal compact of the North American union.
Description: Richmond, Va.: Published by Wilbur Curtiss, Cambridge, [Massachusetts]; Stereotyped and printed by Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, printers to the University. 1839. Hardcover. Sm 8vo (8" x 5.25"), green cloth, gilt spine. xi, 335 pp., "Lawrence Academy" donation bookplate on front paste-down, early inscription reading "Amos Lawrence" in pencil on ffep. CONDITION: Very good, spine sunned, bumped corners, covers clean and appealing, top edge dust spotted, light foxing throughout, sound binding.
Second edition of this important work on the making of the U. S. Constitution, first published in 1821 and mainly consisting of an account of the 1787 Constitutional Convention by participant Robert Yates, who later served as a New York State Chief Justice. Yates, an anti-Federalist, left the convention because he felt its inclination to form an entirely new form of government without securing the rights of states was a bridge too far. He subsequently lobbied against ratification. As for the inscription in this book, Amos Lawrence (1814-1886) was a patron and namesake of Lawrence Academy (formerly Groton Academy) in Groton, Massachusetts (not to be confused with Groton School in the same town). He was also a donor to abolitionist efforts.
REFERENCES: Sabin 78749; Howes Y3.
Item #6939
Seller ID: 6939
Subject: Rare Books