[GEORGIA] -- [YAZOO LAND COMPANIES]. ANDERSON et al. The Contract for the Purchase of Western Territory...1795. Augusta, 1799. FIRST EDITION, "ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PAMPHLETS ON THE YAZOO LAND CASE" (Streeter). A RARE EARLY GEORGIA IMPRINT.
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[GEORGIA] -- [YAZOO LAND COMPANIES]. ANDERSON, John E. and William J. HOBBY. The Contract for the Purchase of Western Territory, Made with the Legislature of Georgia, in the Year 1795; Considered with a Reference to the Subsequent Attempts of the State, to Impair its Obligation. Augusta, [GA]: Randolph & Bunce, 1799.
1 volume, 4to. With pp. 17-24 and 74-90 uncancelled; with the unsigned gathering of 2 leaves (apparently not present in the Streeter copy), containing an errata statement and explanation, bound after the title-page, (without C4, blank, as in the Streeter copy). (Short tear along gutter margin of title, title browned.) Modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco lettering-piece gilt.
FIRST EDITION, "ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PAMPHLETS ON THE YAZOO LAND CASE" (Streeter). A RARE EARLY GEORGIA IMPRINT.
"The argument made here, that the state had no right to rescind the sale made to the land companies, was upheld by the Supreme Court in Fletcher vs. Peck decided in 1810, and the original investors who had bribed the Georgia legislators were paid off on their original deeds upward of four million dollars" (Streeter Sale 1160). VERY RARE: According to online records, no copy of this pamphlet has appeared at auction in over 50 years. De Renne I, pp.286-287; Evans 35111; Howes A-231; Sabin 27034.
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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