Trials of William S. Smith, and Samuel G. Ogden, for Misdemeanours

1807. (MIRANDA EXPEDITION). The Trials of William S. Smith, and Samuel G. Ogden, for Misdemeanours, had in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York District, in July, 1806 ... By Thomas Lloyd, Stenographer. New York: I. Riley and Co., 1807. xxxiii, [3], 287 p. Contemporary mottled sheep, very skillfully rebacked in period style retaining original spine label. Occasional light browning, else a fine copy. The trial of Smith and Ogden for organizing and underwriting the expedition of Francisco de Miranda from New York to South America to overthrow (truncated) the Spanish government there and to separate the Spanish colonies from the mother country. (Inventory #: 8301)