Wheeler, Joseph and Daniella (comp.).

AMERICAN ANCESTORS OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND DANIELLA WHEELER, OF WHOM WE HAVE RECORDS, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF ENGLISH HOO AND NEWDIGATE ANCESTORS.

Wheeler, AL: The compilers, nd [1902?]. 8vo. 94 pp. Original printed gray wrappers (badly chipped). Item #35535

First edition. A genealogy of the Wheeler family by the Confederate cavalry commander and his wife. In an appendix (pp. 49-54), Wheeler attempted to rehabilitate the reputation of his ancestor General William Hull, who surrendered Detroit in the War of 1812, was subsequently court-martialled, and was convicted of cowardice and neglect of duty. This pamphlet is quite scarce; OCLC locates several preliminary editions of 24 pages issued with no appendix, but only two copies of this complete edition (New York Public, Minnesota Historical Society).

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