Of the 4to. edition only 25 copies were printed. The title on the
cover reads _Current Fictions tested by Uncurrent Facts_. Mr. Dawson
advertised _Current Fictions No. II._, but it was never printed.
New Plottings in Aid of the Rebel Doctrine of / State Sovereignty.
/ Mr. Jay’s Second Letter / on / Dawson’s Introduction to the
Federalist, / Exposing its Falsification of the History of the
Constitution; its / Libels on Duane, Livingston, Jay and Hamilton;
and / its relation to recent efforts by Traitors at home, and /
Foes abroad, to maintain the Rebel Doctrine of State / Sovereignty,
for the subversion of the Unity of / the Republic and the Supreme
Sovereignty of / the American People / ..... / New York: / A. D. F.
Randolph. / 1864. / 8vo. pp. 54, viii, covers. 57
[Same.] New York: / American News Company, 121 Nassau street. /
London: / Trubner & Company, 60 Paternoster Row. / 1864. / 8vo, pp.
54. vii, covers. 58
[Same.] London: Samson Low ... 1864. 8vo. pp. 50. 59
All three editions were suppressed by Mr. Jay, and the bulk of the
copies burnt. See _Current Fictions_, p. 26.
This edition is reviewed by H. W. Torrey in _The North American
Review_, cxcviii, 586; and by Historicus in _The New York Times_,
Feb. 17, 1864.
_The Federalist. New York._ 1864.
The Foederalist: / A / Collection of Essays, Written in Favor / of
the New Constitution, as / agreed upon by / the Foederal Convention,
/ September 17, 1787. / Reprinted from the Original Text. / With an
/ Historical Introduction and Notes, / By Henry B. Dawson. / In Two
Volumes. / Vol. I. / New York: / Charles Scribner & Co.... / ... 1864.