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(PENNSYLVANIA.) The Two Trials of John Fries on an Indictment for Treason.
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Printed & Manuscript Americana
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(PENNSYLVANIA.) The Two Trials of John Fries on an Indictment for Treason. 4, 226, 51 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, lacking backstrip; title page trimmed in top margin, foxing, minor dampstaining; early owners' inscriptions and later bookplate on front pastedown, additional early signature on page 50.
Philadelphia, 1800
John Fries was the leader of Fries's Rebellion, a tax revolt in southeastern Pennsylvania. He was sentenced to be hanged, but was pardoned by President John Adams, who later described him and his followers as "obscure, miserable Germans, as ignorant of our language as they were of our laws." Evans 37104.
Philadelphia, 1800
John Fries was the leader of Fries's Rebellion, a tax revolt in southeastern Pennsylvania. He was sentenced to be hanged, but was pardoned by President John Adams, who later described him and his followers as "obscure, miserable Germans, as ignorant of our language as they were of our laws." Evans 37104.