FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
MEMOIRS
OF THE
ADMINISTRATIONS OF
WASHINGTON AND JOHN ADAMS.
EDITED FROM THE PAPERS OF
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
By GEORGE GIBBS.
"Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri."
In Two Vols Octavo. 1000 Pages, Cloth Gilt, Price $5.
"Books of this character best illustrate the history of the country. The men who have acted important parts are made to speak for themselves, and appear without any aid from the partiality of friends, or any injury from the detraction of enemies."—Providence Journal.
"The materials of which these volumes are composed are of great value. They consist of correspondence, now first given to the world, of Washington, the elder Adams, Ames, John Marshall, Rufus King, Timothy Pickering, Wolcott, &c. There are thirty-seven original letters from Alexander Hamilton, many of them of the highest interest; one in which the writer with keen sagacity and all the splendor of his eloquence, gives a character of Mr. Burr upon which his own fate was destined to put the seal of truth, is read now with singular emotions. Mr. Gibbs has performed his task extremely well. His preface is modest and dignified. The passages of narrative by which the letters are connected are accurate, judicious and agreeable; they illustrate, and do not overlay the principal material of the work."—North American.