A DEFENCE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FRONT THE ASPERSIONS OF MR. JEFFERSON
Boston / Raleigh: Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes, 1834. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1834. A Very Good+ copy. 8vo., 343 pp., bound in brown cloth with paper label on spine. 1/4 inch chip missing from top of spine, tips bumped & rubbed, text edges dusty, some foxing mostly on end pages. Unmarked. HOWES J234. Very Good+. Item #29966
His first book, A Defence of the Revolutionary History of the State of North Carolina from the Aspersions of Mr. Jefferson (1834), gave special prominence to a sympathetic treatment of the Regulator movement, a defense of the "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence," and a vindication of the character of William Hooper. Although for the most part Jones's book measured up to the established standards of the day, it also revealed that facet of his personality for which he became famous—his "propensity to hoax and play upon the credulity of the public." Into his narrative he casually introduced "Miss Esther Wake," the supposed sister-in-law of Governor William Tryon, in whose honor he maintained Wake County was named. She was one of the earliest hoaxes that Jones imposed upon his fellowman. He apparently also originated the phrase, "Old North State." - NCpedia.
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