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Lot 4: States' Rights Booklet 1798-99

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Lot    4: States' Rights Booklet 1798-99
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>Early Historical Account of the Debate over “States’ Rights”</b>

<b>(ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS.)</b>
1832, “THE VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF 1798 AND ’99; WITH JEFFERSON’S ORIGINAL DRAUGHT THEREOF...” published by Jonathan Elliot, Washington, D.C., 9.2” x 5.75,” 82 pages, Choice Very Fine. Hardbound, early 1/2 calf, worn covers. Toned and foxed pages, ex-library copy, with labels on the covers and pastedowns. Howes V122. An important early document that provides different historical perspectives on “states’ rights,” and how this issue was debated from the country’s very beginnings.