Item #56682 Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the amendatory bills for relief of the survivors of the Revolutionary army. Tristam Burges.

Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the amendatory bills for relief of the survivors of the Revolutionary army

Washington, D.C. printed by Gales & Seaton, 1827. First edition, 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; self-wrappers; stitched, as issued; some spotting and soiling; good or better. Burges served as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, professor of oratory and belles lettres at Brown University, and as a U.S. Congressman. Not in American Imprints; not in Bartlett (although many of his other addresses are); see Sabin 9235. Item #56682

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