Item #004245 Letter from Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, to the Secretary of State, on the Subject of the British Orders in Council of the Eleventh of November, 1807; Accompanying a Message from the president of the United States, received on the 30th March, 1808. D. M. Erskine, David Montagu.

Letter from Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, to the Secretary of State, on the Subject of the British Orders in Council of the Eleventh of November, 1807; Accompanying a Message from the president of the United States, received on the 30th March, 1808

Washington, D.C. A. & G. Way, printers, 1808. 7, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "April 2, 1808, printed by order of the House of Representatives." Early American Imprints, Second series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 16409. James Madison served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809. The British minister's letter relates to British restrictions on trade between the United States and Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. In Very Good Condition: removed from a larger volume; lacking stitching but otherwise fully intact; minor foxing; clean. Very Good. Item #004245

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