Description
First edition of A Selection of the Patriotic Addresses to the President of the United States by John Adams. This copy is from the library of lawyer and historian, John Wingate Thorton.
Twelvemo, 360pp. Rebound in half brown calf, marbled paper covered boards. Four raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine. Solid text block, faint toning throughout. A near fine piece. (Sabin 259)
Inscribed on the first page of the foreword: “J. Wingate Thorton / Dec. 1840 / Boston.”
Full Title: A Selection Of The Patriotic Addresses, To The President Of The United States. Together With The President’s Answers. Presented In the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight, and the Twenty-Second of the Independence of America.
John Wingate Thorton (1818-1878) was a New England lawyer, historian, and antiquarian. Thorton practiced law in Boston after graduating from Harvard in 1840, the year this book was inscribed. He was a founding member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vice-President of the American Statistical Association, Vice-President of the Prince Society, and an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1855.
