Debtor and Creditor
Philadelphia: NP, 1810. First thus. 12mo; 32pp. An unopened string-tied pamphlet in three gatherings with grey paper covers (the strings have perished and the pamphlet is now disbound. Item #22535
"ADVERTISEMENT. The following observations appeared in the month of Dec. 1808 in a daily paper of New York. As the subject of insolvency now excites some attention in Pennsylvania, the author yields to the solicitation of some gentlemen there, who are desirous that those pieces may appear in the more permanent form of a pamphlet. With great deference to the public, these imperfect attempts are now submitted to their animadversion. New York, July 1810." The anonymous author presents in four parts his proposal to "... to explain the means which to him appear best calculated to promote and secure the interest of the fair creditor; to shelter the upright and well-meaning debtor; and to deter, detect and punish the fraudulent..." Shaw-Shoemaker 19939.
Price: $100.00