Description
The first edition of A Memoir of Caleb Strong, United States Senator And Governor of Massachusetts 1745-1818, signed by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Octavo, 29pp. Publisher’s wraps, title printed on front cover. Bound at spine with string. Chipping along fore edge, closed tear along top edge of text block, solid binding.
Signed on the front cover: “With the compliments of H.C. Lodge.”
Caleb Strong (1745-1819) was an American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and later the state’s governor. He played a key role in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution as a delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Strong was known for his moderate Federalist views and his efforts to maintain neutrality during the early 19th-century conflicts between Britain and France.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. (1850-1924) was a conservative politician from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 until his death in 1924. He was Senate Majority Leader from 1918-1924, often challenging the Wilson Administration and leading the opposition to the Treaty of Versailles.
