Item #35999 Memorial presented to His Grace My Lord the Duke of Newcastle, Chamberlain of his Majesty King George, &c., and Secretary of State: upon the present condition of Carolina, and the Means of its Amelioration. Emigration, Jean Pierre Purry, Charles C. Jr Jones, Switzerland of Neufchatel, Prefatory note.

Memorial presented to His Grace My Lord the Duke of Newcastle, Chamberlain of his Majesty King George, &c., and Secretary of State: upon the present condition of Carolina, and the Means of its Amelioration

Augusta, Georgia: Privately Printed. J. H. Estill, Printer, 1880.

Limited, numbered, signed edition. Wraps. Stitched, printed, wraps. 8.5" x 7". 24 pages. Gray wraps with title on the front paper cover. Front cover creased on the edge. Rear wrap is detached and creased on the edge. Light edge toning to the paper. Very light foxing to the first few pages. This copy has a tipped in slip top of the title page "With the Compliments of Charles C. Jones, Jr. Augusta, Ga." The limitation page is the verso of the title page. This copy is numbered 118 of 250 copies and is signed "CCJ Jr." Jones authored the prefatory note pages 3-8. The first edition of this tract was originally published in 1724 with few known copies. The author settled 600 of his countrymen in Purrysburg, South Carolina. Interior contents mostly clean. A fair to good copy.

Howes P 653; Sabin 66726. Fair. Item #35999

Price: $125.00