Item #8033 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE NINTH INSTANT, COVERING COPIES OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATED TO HIM BY JOHN HENRY, A SECRET AGENT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING A SEPARATION OF THE UNITED STATES. March 19th, 1812. United States. Congress. Committee on Foreign Relations.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE NINTH INSTANT, COVERING COPIES OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATED TO HIM BY JOHN HENRY, A SECRET AGENT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING A SEPARATION OF THE UNITED STATES. March 19th, 1812

Washington City: R. C. Weightman, 1812. Disbound. Good binding. Item #8033

Octavo. 11, [1] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Light stains in the inner margins. Generally toned; one page corner chipped without touching text. "John Henry, Canadian adventurer in British employ, met with some success in fomenting New England dissatisfaction towards the war" (Howes S-262), the British plan being to exploit New England's disaffection during the War of 1812 and cause it to unite with Canada. Testimony of "Count Edward de Crillon": p. [5]-11. Shaw & Shoemaker 27321; Howes M-557.

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