Item #37409 Vindication of the Rights and Titles, Political and Territorial, of Alexander, Earl of Stirling & Dovan, and Lord Proprietor of Canada and Nova Scotia. Bound Together With: Trial of Lord Stirling: Being Part II. Of the Vindication of the Rights and Titles, Political and Territorial, Hereditary Lieutenant-General and Lord Proprietor of Canada and Nova Scotia. John - HAYES, ord.

Vindication of the Rights and Titles, Political and Territorial, of Alexander, Earl of Stirling & Dovan, and Lord Proprietor of Canada and Nova Scotia. Bound Together With: Trial of Lord Stirling: Being Part II. Of the Vindication of the Rights and Titles, Political and Territorial, Hereditary Lieutenant-General and Lord Proprietor of Canada and Nova Scotia.

Washington. Gideon & Co., Printers. 1853. Hardcover. 8vo. 22cm, first edition, 52 & 76pp., In One volume, with a large folding table & large folding facsimile document, in the original quarter black roan and wavy grain blue cloth boards, gilt titles on the spine, a fine copy. (cgc) Together With: 4p., holograph letter by Reverdy Johnson and dated May 5th, 1854, laid in. - He reiterates, in detail, the findings of the American lawyers, John L. Hayes and A.H. Lawrence. Johnson was a former senator and attorney general of the United States (1849-1850) and a prominent jurist and Democrat politician. The United States Government was very interested in the claim as there was a perceived potential for increased American fishery rights in the Maritime provinces. - rare. In 1621, the Scottish poet and statesman, Sir William Alexander of Menstrie (later Earl of Stirling and Viscount Canada) was granted virtually the whole of Nova Scotia, then known as 'New Scotland', by King James 1st. The grant was further increased by King Charles 1st to include the greater portion of what is now the north-eastern United States. The title lapsed in 1739 on the death of the fifth earl, who died without issue. In 1830, Alexander Humphrys-Alexander [1783-1859] claimed the earldom through his mother, a daughter of the putative sixth earl. Despite the fact his claim was dismissed by the courts in 1833, he continued to offer land for sale in Nova Scotia until 1837, and two years later, was tried and found guilty of forgery. John Lord Hayes, an American lawyer, here presents legal arguments in support of Alexander Humphrys-Alexander's claims, and criticizes the methods used by the Crown at his trial. T.P.L. 8299 & 8298. Lande S1047. Sabin 31025-26. Casey I 2375 (1st title only). Item #37409

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