The MEMORY Of The LATE JAMES GRAHAME, The Historian of the United States, VINDICATED From the Charges of "Detraction" and "Calumny" Preferred Against Him by Mr. George Bancroft, and the Conduct of Mr. Bancroft Towards that Historian Stated and Exposed.
Boston: Wm Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1846. 1st edition (American Imprints 46-5932; Sabin 67221). 59, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo, gathered in 4s. 8-11/16" x 5-3/8". Pamphlet, at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wrapper remnants along spine, otherwise a VG+ copy. Item #33475
GRAHAME wrote "'History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America till the British Revolution of 1688.' The first two volumes appeared in 1827, and a new edition (4 vols.) in 1836, bringing the work down to the year 1776; but its thoroughly American spirit interfered with its success in England, and for several years it was little known in the United States. In 1841 a genial notice of the "History," by the historian Prescott, appeared in the "North American Review," in which it was styled 'the most thorough work, and incomparably the best on the subject, previous to Mr. Bancroft's.'" [per 'famousamericans' website].
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