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MAINE -- [Daniel DAVIS]. An Address to the Inhabi

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Portland: Thomas B. Wait, April. 1791. 4to (188 x 140 mm). Modern speckled calf, ruled in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, a.e.g. Provenance: Jay T. Snider (booklabel). early maine imprint and an important document in the statehood movement. Davis served as a attorney for Maine in their movement for separation from Massachusetts. That process began shortly after the Revolution, but would not be concluded until the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This pamphlet, printed by Maine's first printer, discusses the reasons for the separation and reviews questions of public lands, the judiciary, economics, etc. rare, with no copies cited in American Book Prices Current for the last quarter century. Evans 23313; Howes D107; Noyes 29; Sabin 43903; Williamson 2706.

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