Inchiquin, The Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United

1810. [INGERSOLL, Charles J.]. Inchiquin, The Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United States of America: Being a Fragment of a Private Correspondence, Accidentally Discovered in Europe; Containing a Favourable View of the Manners, Literature, and State of Society, of the United States, and a Refutation of Many of the Aspersions Cast upon this Country,by Former Residents and Tourists. By Some Unknown Foreigner. New-York: L. Riley, 1810. 1st ed. v,165pp. 19th-century 3/4 green morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers, T.e.g. Light wear to corners, light scattered foxing and toning, else very good. Bookplate of Charles Edward Ingersoll, grandson of Charles Jared Ingersoll, on front pastedown. On the title page is the ownership signature of Joshua Barney. was a Commodore in the American Navy and a hero of the Revolution and the War of 1812. Both he and Ingersoll were prominent Catholics. Ingersoll was a lawyer, author and congressman. Widely read in America and abroad, it is a declaration of literary, social and moral independence, and stimulated greatly the sense of American national self-sufficiency.