A scheme to douse British-Men-of-War with boiling water, as proposed to James Madison
Contemporary copy of a lengthy two-page autograph letter signed to His Excellency James Madison, President of the United States of America
N.p. November 8, 1812 [copied after March 11, 1814]. Folio, previous folds, near fine. With integral address leaf attached. This copy of Seelye’s letter was found among the papers of U.S. Senator Elijah Boardman of Connecticut who served in the Senate 1821-1823. Boardman may have been handling a claim from..... More