Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) Five Printed Ephemeral Documents.

Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) Five Printed Ephemeral Documents. A collection of pamphlets and broadsides formerly owned by Gerry that descended through his family, including: John Adams's The Message of the President of the United States, of 5th March, 1798, Philadelphia: Printed by Way & Groff, [1798], quarto sheet, uncut, 17 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.; Gerry's Speech, presented in the Legislature of Massachusetts, Friday 7 June 1811, octavo pamphlet; Documents Referred to in the President's Speech to Both Houses of the Fifth Congress, on the Sixteenth May, 1797, Philadelphia; W. Ross, [1797], octavo pamphlet; John Adams's Message of the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress, March 1798, with the response from Pinckney, Marshall, and Gerry from Paris, 8 January 1798 printed below, octavo format broadside without publication information, related to the XYZ Affair; [and] an Assignat for five livres, post-Revolution French bank note collected by Gerry in Paris c. 1798. (5) Estimate $200-300 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.