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Pickering, Timothy. Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State, containing observations on some of the documents, communicated by the President, on the eighteenth instant. 21st January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the table. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno, 1798 [i.e., 1799]. 8vo (20.2 cm, 8"). [2], 45, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Evans 36546; ESTC W26008. Period-style quarter calf over marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title. First two leaves with a bit of light spotting in margins, otherwise clean.
One for an
ENGLISH (Only)–Reader
(XYZ Affair). Documents referred to in the President's speech to both houses of the fifth Congress, on the sixteenth May, 1797. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: Pr. by W. Ross, [1797]. 8vo (20 cm, 7.9"). 63, [1 (blank)] pp. (lacking pp. 65–72). 
• Evans 32966; ESTC W38218. Recently rebound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth, leather edges with gilt roll-tooling; spine with raised bands accented by solid and dotted gilt rules, gilt-stamped title, place, and date. Lacking pp. 65–72 (this includes errata leaf). First and last few leaves foxed.
"Scipio's" Opinions
(XYZ Affair). [Tracy, Uriah]. Reflections on Monroe's view, of the conduct of the executive, as published in the Gazette of the United States, under the signature of Scipio. In which the commercial warfare of France is traced to the French faction in this country, as its source, and the motives of opposition, &c. [Philadelphia: Pr. by John Fenno, 1798]. 8vo signed in 4s (20 cm, 7.9"). 88 pp. 
• ESTC W007021; Evans 34675; Howes T 326; Sabin 96421. Recently rebound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth, leather edges with gilt roll-tooling; spine with gilt-accented raised bands and with gilt-stamped title, author, place, and date. Some pages spotted.
President Adams Sends 
TWO Messages on the "Affair"
(XYZ Affair). Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States, with the French Republic. 18th January, 1799.... [Philadelphia: Pr. for the House of Representatives, 1799]. 8vo (20.1 cm, 7.9"). 123, [1 (blank)] pp. [with] Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State, containing observations on some of the documents, communicated by the President, on the eighteenth instant. 21st January, 1799. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno, 1799. [2], 45, [3 (2 blank)] pp.
• 18th: ESTC W026145; Evans 36551. 21st: ESTC W026008; Evans 36546. Recently attractively bound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth, leather edges rolled in gilt; spine with gilt-stamped title, place, and date, raised bands accented with gilt-stamped abstract floral design and straight and wavy rules. Varying degrees of foxing, with some leaves untouched, some slightly spotted, and some notably darkened.
XYZ in French
(XYZ Affair). France. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. French originals of all the documents, translations of which accompanied the message of the President of the United States, of the 18th January, 1799, relative to the affairs of the United States with the French republic. Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1799. 8vo. [1] f., 58 pp.
• Evans 36517. Recent cloth. Released from the New Hampshire Historical Society with its bookplate and one small, inoffensive rubber-stamped number in the upper margin of p. 1. No other markings. Stray stains (last third). A crisp copy.
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