The Oregon Territory, its history and discovery; including an account of the convention of the Escurial, also, the treaties and negotiations between the United States and Great Britain…
New York: D. Appleton; Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; Cincinnati: Derby, Bradley, 1846. First American edition, 8vo, pp. x (including [2] publisher's ads), [3], 14-264, iv (index), plus 24-page publisher's catalogue; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine; boards faded to purple and spine faded to tan with top end chipped away, bottom end fraying, small stain, and the gilt dull; the textblock very clean and crisp; generally very good. Sir Twiss, barrister and professor of political economy at Oxford University, here presents British claims to the Oregon territory. The first British edition also appeared in 1846, under the title, The Oregon Question Examined in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations (London: Longman). Howes T-442; Sabin 97545. Item #33725
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