[Rarebooks] FS: Uncommon, Curious 1872 Work on Independence Square, Philadelphia

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Leeds, Joseph.  "One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence, and Independence Square, and the Three Main Front Buildings
Thereon, in Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, as a Monument of
Memorials, Sacred and Forever, to Honor the Fathers of our Beloved Country
and their Principles"

Philadelphia; Joseph Leeds: 1872.

An interesting pamphlet, printed by the author to promote his plans to
turn Independence Square into a series of museums and public halls
dedicated to the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, and
American history, in time for the Centennial celebrations. The pamphlet
described the plans in detail, and also includes testimonials and other
promotional information.

Leeds was nothing if not optimistic- he hoped to sell the pamphlets in
bundles of 100 to raise money to print ceremonial “diplomas” illustrating
the Declaration of Independence and Founding Fathers, which would be sold
for $5 each to raise a million dollars to undertake the project and
another million for an endowment fund. Leeds got at least as far as
printing the diplomas, executed in 1873 by the American Bank Note Company.
The rest of the plan, obviously, came to nothing, but the pamphlet remains
as an interesting document in the history of the preservation of
Independence Hall. Uncommon in the marketplace.

Softcover. 5.5”x9”, 32 pages; some soil and wear, cover crease, tip
chipped.  [09487]  $150.00


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