ADDRESSES OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY - FIFTH EDITION -

Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1819. Fourth Edition. Octavo, original blue boards with original paper label on front cover, xi, [1 blank], [9] - 248 pp. Better known as a publisher and bookseller, “[Carey] was a charter member of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry, most of the addresses of which came from his pen. These are recognized as the classic American argument in favor of the protective system, and for them Carey will be chiefly remembered in economic authorship. He did more than anyone else, if we except Hamilton, to found the American nationalist school of economic thought.” -DAB, p. 491. Poor; ex-library copy from the Franklin Institute Library, binding is broken, and text is now in four parts between the covers, pages 253 - 254 supplied in facsimile, many pages show shallow chipping around the perimeter not effecting the text.

Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. original paper-covered board back cover only; others missing. Gilpin, J. and T.. 8vo. original paper-covered board back cover only; others missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American Manufactures of Delaware, E.I. duPont, President (pages 269-276) in which duPont argues for tarrif relief on cotton and gunpowder. Title page of book proudly notes that this work was "printed on J. & T. Gilpin's machine paper." The Gilpin mill on the Brandywine is credited with being the first to produce machine-made paper in the United States. See Harold B. Hancock and Norman B. Wilkinson, "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" in… Leer más