This volume is a first edition, published in New York in 1832. It has been ID’D to Confederate soldier Joseph Packard.

Henry Lee wrote this controversial work in hopes of defending his father’s memory from assaults from the newly published “Writings of Jefferson”. There was an ongoing feud between Lee’s father, “Light Horse” Harry Lee, and Thomas Jefferson.  Lee took great offense over a letter that Jefferson had written to General Washington that he felt slandered his father.

The title page describes the book as, “Observations on the writings of Thomas Jefferson, with particular Reference to the Attack They Contain on the Memory of the Late Gen. Henry Lee, in a series of letters by H. Lee of Virginia.” It includes information on Mr. Jefferson s letter to Mr. Van Buren, the loss of Gen. Washington s diary and of the correspondence respecting the letter to Mazzei, Dr. Stuart s statement, the Estrangement between Gen. Washington and Mr. Jefferson, criticism on Mr. Tucker s Remarks. Mr. Lewis letter on this subject. Mr. Jefferson s attack on Judge Marshall; remarks on Mr. Jefferson s letters to Mr. Monroe, Gen. Gates, Col. Burr, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Taylor, stigmatizing Gen. Washington, his friends and his measures; Gen. Washington s note to Gen. Lee and his regard for Gen. Lee. Debate in French Chamber of Deputies respecting Gen. Washington; Mr. Jefferson s measures in the Legislature of Virginia. Remarks on the Declaration of Independence from an article on this subject in the New York Review. Comparison between Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Mason. Mr. Jefferson elected Governor of Virginia. His flight from Richmond. Remarks on Gen. Lee s Memoirs. Remarks on Mr. Jefferson s defense of his conduct on charges brought against him in the House of Delegates. His Abdication. Gen. Lee - his early life - his military services - his contributions to the public cause and Mr. Jefferson s conduct in this respect. Gen. Greene s letter to the President of Congress relative to Gen. Lee’s services. Gen. Washington s letters on the same subject; Mr. Jefferson appointed Minister to France. His Chinese Policy with regard to Commerce. Purchase of Louisiana. The Embargo. Gunboat System. Mr. Monroe s mission to France. Mr. Jefferson s pretensions to the credit of economic reform. To Literature and Science. His Ethical Doctrines. He speaks with contempt of St. Paul - Ridicules Plato and Lauds and welcomed Tom Paine. His Materialism.

Henry Lee was born in 1787 at Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was educated at The College of William and Mary where he became a Latin scholar and served in the War of 1812 as a Major. After this book was published, Lee went on to write “Life of Emperor Napoleon” in 1835.

This volume has marbled boards with black leather on the spine. Corners are wrapped in light brown leather. The title is labeled on the spine with gold gilt lettering. Edges shows signs of wear, mainly on the spine and corners. Pages have yellowed with age and have some spots and slight wrinkling due to water damage, but none are loose. Book measures 8 1/2 “x 5 ½” x ¾”. Text contains 237 pages.

The owner of this volume, Joseph Packard, was born on April 10, 1842 in Alexandria, Virginia. He was a graduate of Kenyon College in 1860 and enlisted on July 7, 1861 at Camp Johnson, Virginia as a private in the 1st Rockbridge Light Artillery. He received several promotions and ended his service at Appomattox. After the war, he worked as a lawyer and president of a schoolboard in Baltimore, Maryland. He died on November 24, 1923 and is buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. Mr. Packard signed the book inside of the front cover, and dated it Sept. 1884.

This book reveals little known information about the Founders of the United States, and the drama that surrounded them.

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