An essay on the best system of liberal education, adapted to the genius of the government of the United States. Comprehending also, an uniform, general plan for instituting and conducting public schools, in this country, on principles of the most extensive utility. To which is prefixed, an address to the legislature of Maryland on that subject.
Printed by Warner & Hanna, Harrison street, 1799-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Very Good. Item #10476
ISBN: B002XHEW02
Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 1799 signature on the front paste down of John Hanson Thomas, grandson of FOUNDING FATHER and President of the Continental Congress, John Hanson. John Hanson Thomas was the natural choice of his party for the United States Senate, and was chosen for that high office; but an untimely death, just six days after that of his distinguished father, ended a career which had but begun. He died on May 2d, in the year 1815. His cousin, Alexander Contee Hanson, was chosen after the death of John H. Thomas and elected to his seat in the National Assembly which had been meant for his brilliant kinsman.John Hanson Thomas was chairman of the Committee of Defense during the War of 1812. Letters still in possession of his descendants from Governor Levin Winder, from Daniel Webster, John Hanson and other leading spirits of their day bear testimony of the high esteem in which John Hanson Thomas was held, and upon the occasion of his premature death from an epidemic contracted by nursing his father the papers of Maryland paid high tributes to the memories of both.John Hanson Thomas married Miss Mary Isham Colston, of Virginia, a lady whose lineage, like his own, is traced through many distinguished forebears here back to feudal castles and many lordly knights and titled ladies. Her parents were Raleigh Colston and Elizabeth Marshall, the eldest sister of Chief Justice Marshall, of Virginia - Richardson, 233. Boards with moderate rubbing and edge wear, more so at corners. Subscribers list at rear includes such notables as George Washington and Charles Carroll and also lists the contemporary members of the Maryland Legislature, including Matthew Tilghman, (cousin of Revolutionary war hero and Adie-de-Camp of Washington Tench Tilghman), Joseph Nicholson, William Barroll and many other patriarchs of the FREE STATE. Rev. Knox, the author, was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as the first faculty member of his newly founded University of Virginia. Square Tight Binding. Interior is clean, with pages somewhat browned. Leather along spine edges worn, but joints intact. Evans, 35690. RARE.
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