 | The Books of a New Nation: United States Government Publications, 1774-1814 In this volume, collectors will find many "firsts" in public documents, bibliographers will discover unknown chapters in the history of printing in America, and historians will be challenged by the new points of view government publications suggest for interpreting national history. J. H. Powell was Randolph Adams Memorial Lecturer at the University of Michigan, and received the A. S. W Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the author of Richard Rush, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
