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THE AMERICAN MILITARY POCKET ATLAS; Being an Approved Collection of Correct Maps, Both General...

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THE AMERICAN MILITARY POCKET ATLAS; Being an Approved Collection of Correct Maps, Both General and Particular, of the British Colonies; Especially Those which Now Are, or Probably May Be the Theatre of War: Taken Principally from the Actual Surveys and Judicious Observations of Engineers De Brahm and Romans; Cook, Jackson, and Collet; Major Holland, and Other Officers Employed in His Majesty's Fleets and Armies.

London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]. First edition. 8vo. viii, (2, "List of the Maps") pp. Six large folding maps, all with contemporary hand-colored outline, the Lake Champlain map with a little wash, as well. The maps: (1) Dunn, Samuel. North America as Divided amongst the European... More about THE AMERICAN MILITARY POCKET ATLAS; Being an Approved Collection of Correct Maps, Both General...

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Declaration of Independence / [followed by a printing of the declaration, with printed names of...

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Declaration of Independence / [followed by a printing of the declaration, with printed names of its signers below, all enclosed within a wide ornamental border incorporating the seals of the first 13 states within ovals]

New York: Charles Magnus, nd [ca. 1850]. Lithograph letter sheet, 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches, in black and white, the title and illustration of the declaration taking up the top 8 inches of the cover sheet, leaving just 2 3/8 inches and a blank integral leaf for a message... More about Declaration of Independence / [followed by a printing of the declaration, with printed names of...

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HISTORIC EDENTON COUNTRYSIDE, Incorporated 1722 [cover title

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HISTORIC EDENTON COUNTRYSIDE, Incorporated 1722 [cover title].

(Edenton, NC: Printed by the Chowan Herald for the) Edenton Woman's Club, (1953). First edition. 8vo. (32) pp., including 10 pages of local ads. Illustrated from photographs of important city homes, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and government buildings, each accompanied by descriptions, double-page street plan locating the buildings. Includes homes... More about HISTORIC EDENTON COUNTRYSIDE, Incorporated 1722 [cover title

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Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and Held in the Town of...

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Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, in the County of Henrico, on Monday, the Seventh Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One.

4to. 32 pp. Bound with: Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, in the County of Henrico, on Monday, the First Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One. 4to. 74... More about Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and Held in the Town of...

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A LIST OF LANDOWNERS AND SURVEYED LANDS, WESTMORELAND AND BEDFORD COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA, 1777...

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A LIST OF LANDOWNERS AND SURVEYED LANDS, WESTMORELAND AND BEDFORD COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA, 1777 and 1785-1787.; as recorded in a plain leather notebook.

Westmoreland and Bedford Counties, PA: 1777-1787. 8vo. (42) pp., of which 38 have been employed to record the surveyed lands (2 1/2 for the Westmoreland records, the balance for Bedford). Interleaved, but those leaves used only occasionally for stray calculations. Approximately 18 names are recorded on each page, listing individual... More about A LIST OF LANDOWNERS AND SURVEYED LANDS, WESTMORELAND AND BEDFORD COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA, 1777...

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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE COUNTIES AND CORPORATIONS IN THE COLONY OF...

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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE COUNTIES AND CORPORATIONS IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, HELD AT RICHMOND TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF HENRICO, ON THE 20th OF MARCH, 1775.

Richmond: Ritchie, Trueheart & Du-Val, 1816. 4to.; 8pp. Bound with: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE COUNTIES AND CORPORATIONS IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, HELD AT RICHMOND TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF HENRICO, ON MONDAY THE 17th OF JULY 1775. 4to.; 54pp. Bound with: THE PROCEEDINGS OF... More about THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE COUNTIES AND CORPORATIONS IN THE COLONY OF...

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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CHAMPION OF LIBERTY, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON; FIRST...

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CHAMPION OF LIBERTY, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON; FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

NP [New York?]: John I. Donlevy, intaglio-chromographic and electrographic engraver, nd. Calligraphic bust-length oval portrait of George Washington, engraved by Donlevy, platemark 16 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. Matted, glazed and framed. Within the oval portrait which is based Stuart's "Lansdowne" image, Washington's face has been hand-colored. His birth and... More about SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CHAMPION OF LIBERTY, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON; FIRST...

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A SAMMELBAND OF 10 LATE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA ALMANACS, ISSUED BETWEEN 1771-1780

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A SAMMELBAND OF 10 LATE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA ALMANACS, ISSUED BETWEEN 1771-1780.

[various places in Rhode Island, Massachusetts & Connecticut: 1771-1780]. Contemporary American binding, plain leather (rubbed). A few ink margin notes, some overall toning to text, but a remarkably crisp, clean set of late colonial and Revolutionary War era almanacs, superbly preserved, with Paul Revere engravings, a map of New York's... More about A SAMMELBAND OF 10 LATE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA ALMANACS, ISSUED BETWEEN 1771-1780

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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 8, 1779. Whereas by a Resolve...

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 8, 1779. Whereas by a Resolve of the late General Court of the 6th of February last, it is among other Things resolved, that the Selectmen and Committees respectively of the several Towns in this State who have supplied the Families of the Soldiers in the Continental Army for three Years of during the War, shall make up their Accounts for past Supplies as soon as may be, and for future Supplies on the first Day of January yearly, and lay them before the General Court for Examination and Allowance.... [followed by five lines of text and a chart outlining the form for the accounts]

[Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1779] Imprint supplied by Evans. Broadside. 25 x 19 cm. Old fold lines, short separation along one fold slightly affecting a word or two of text, but all legible, shallow chipping at edges. Signed in type by John Hancock, Speaker, In Council, June... More about STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 8, 1779. Whereas by a Resolve...

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The Testimony of the People / called Quakers, given forth by a Meeting of the / Representatives...

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The Testimony of the People / called Quakers, given forth by a Meeting of the / Representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania / and New-Jersey, held at Philadelphia the twenty- / fourth Day of the first Month, 1775 / [caption title, followed by four paragraphs of text]. Signed in type at the end "James Pemberton, Clerk at this time."

[Philadelphia, PA]: 1775. Printed broadside, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Pennsylvania and New-Jersey Quakers are urged to stay true to the crown, in part: "The Divine Principle of grace and truth which we profess, leads all who attend to its dictates, to demean themselves as peaceable subjects, and to... More about The Testimony of the People / called Quakers, given forth by a Meeting of the / Representatives...

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THIS INDENTURE, MADE ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT...

THIS INDENTURE, MADE ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE, BETWEEN ELIAS HICKMAN & CHARITY HIS WIFE OF WOOD COUNTY AND STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND SOTHA HICKMAN AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE OF THE COUNTY OF HARRISON AND STATE AFORESAID OF THE ONE PART, AND THOMAS HAYMOND ALSO OF HARRISON COUNTY... OF THE OTHER PART....

1809. Manuscript deed of sale for 68 acres in Harrison County, Virginia for the sum of $200. 39 x 32 cm. 2pp. Signed on the second page, with their marks, by Elias, Charity and Sotha Hickman. Recorded in the Harrison County January Court 1810. Signature of James H. Neal, of... More about THIS INDENTURE, MADE ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT...

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A CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA COURT CLERK'S ACCOUNT BOOK, 1775-1788, AS RECORDED IN A...

Agnew, John (c.1732-1790)

A CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA COURT CLERK'S ACCOUNT BOOK, 1775-1788, AS RECORDED IN A MANUSCRIPT RECORD BOOK KEPT BY JOHN AGNEW, CLERK OF THE QUARTER SESSIONS AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Hand sewn calf covers, well worn. 16cm. 118 pp. Short, near daily entries between July 1775 and Sept. 1777, then scattered from 1778-1788, in a legible hand. A wealth of local names are recorded amongst the listings of court cases and other legal transactions.According to the Carlisle County Historical Society... More about A CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA COURT CLERK'S ACCOUNT BOOK, 1775-1788, AS RECORDED IN A...

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The Mississippi Valley in British Politics: A Study of the Trade, Land Speculation, and...

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ALVORD, Clarence W.

The Mississippi Valley in British Politics: A Study of the Trade, Land Speculation, and Experiments in Imperialism Culminating in the American Revolution.

Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1917. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: 358, 396 pp. Color maps. Howes A-195. Original blue cloth, gilt title on spines, top edge gilt, others untrimmed; some foxing to endpapers, else a very good set. More about The Mississippi Valley in British Politics: A Study of the Trade, Land Speculation, and...

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Les Français en Amérique pendant la guerre de l'indépendance des États-Unis, 1777-1783....

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Balch, Thomas

Les Français en Amérique pendant la guerre de l'indépendance des États-Unis, 1777-1783

Paris: A. Sauton, 1872. First edition (an English translation was published in Philadelphia in 1891). 8vo. viii, 237 pp. Plates, portrait frontispiece of Rochambeau, large folding map (torn in margin, completely separated along one vertical fold). Howes B-55. Larned 1233 (for the English translation): "Narrative of the doings of the... More about Les Français en Amérique pendant la guerre de l'indépendance des États-Unis, 1777-1783

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COMPLOT D'ARNOLD ET DE SIR HENRY CLINTON CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET CONTRE LE GENERAL...

Barbe-Marbois, Francois de].

COMPLOT D'ARNOLD ET DE SIR HENRY CLINTON CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET CONTRE LE GENERAL WASHINGTON SEPTEMBRE 1780.

Paris,1816. First edition. Complete with portraits of Washington and Arnold and a plan of West Point. Full leather, rubbed; top of spine slightly chipped. HOWES B114 SABIN 3302. More about COMPLOT D'ARNOLD ET DE SIR HENRY CLINTON CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET CONTRE LE GENERAL...

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COMPLOT D'ARNOLD ET DE SIR HENRY CLINTON CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE ET CONTRE LE GENERAL...

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Barbe-Marbois, Francois).

COMPLOT D'ARNOLD ET DE SIR HENRY CLINTON CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE ET CONTRE LE GENERAL WASHINGTON, SPETEMBRE 1780.

Paris: chez P. Didot, L'Aine, 1816. 1st ed. 12mo.; xliv, 184pp. With two portraits & a map. Full tree calf with elaborate gilt decoration on spine. Joints cracked, with a bit of loss to bottom of front board, at joint. Prev. owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A clean, tight copy... More about COMPLOT D'ARNOLD ET DE SIR HENRY CLINTON CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE ET CONTRE LE GENERAL...

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THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGUE. Under these following heads. 1 Of conversation. 2 The babler. 3 The...

(Bordelon, Laurent)

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGUE. Under these following heads. 1 Of conversation. 2 The babler. 3 The silent man. 4 The witty man ... 26 The complainer. 27 The comforter. Done out of French.

London, printed. Boston: Re-printed and sold by B. Edes and Sons, in Cornhill, 1783. First American edition. 19 cm. [18], 159, [1] pp. Nice example of a period leather American binding with raised bands on spine. Moderately scuffed, corners worn through. Owner's lengthy inscription on front free endpaper, in part... More about THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGUE. Under these following heads. 1 Of conversation. 2 The babler. 3 The...

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Notice sur le General La Fayette. M. A. BOULLÉE

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BOULLÉE, M.A.

Notice sur le General La Fayette.

Paris: Desenne Libraire, 1841. First separate edition, "Imprimee par extrait dans la Biographie universelle. 8vo. (4), 167 pp. Inscribed by "l'auteur" at the head of the front wrapper. OCLC locates five copies in the United States (Yale, Society of the Cincinnati, American Antiquarian Scoiety, Lafayette, Clements). Later burgundy quarter-cloth and... More about Notice sur le General La Fayette

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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN COUNCIL, January 1, 1777. Whereas a considerable number of men...

[Bounty for Enlistment]

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN COUNCIL, January 1, 1777. Whereas a considerable number of men belonging to this state have inlisted into the service of the United States, as Non-commissioned Officers and private Soldiers, to serve during the War, and as Part of the Fifteen Battalions to be raised by this State, upon the Terms and Encouragement offered by the Continental Congress, aand the additional Encouragement of Twenty Shillings a Month offered by this State:.... [followed by 32 lines of type, approximately 320 words including the final paragraph as follows]: ...And be it further Resolved, That every other Non-commissioned Officer and private Soldier, not belonging to any other of the United States, who shall have inlisted or hereafter shall Inlist into either of the said Battalions for the Term of Three Years, or during the War, shall in Addition to the Pay and Encouragement given by the Continental Congress, be entitled to and receive the Sum of Twenty Pounds, upon his passing Muster. The said Bounty of Twenty Pounds to be paid in Treasurer's Notes of Ten Pounds, payable. to the Possesor in Four Years from the Sixth of December last, with Interest to be paid Annually, at the Rate of Six per Cent, provided such Non-commisioned Officer or private Soldier shall furnish himself with a good Fire Arm and Bayonet fitted thereto, a Cartouch Box and Knapsack.

[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1777]. Broadside. 25 x 21 cm. Signed in type by John Avery, Dep'ty Secretary, and by Samuel Freeman, Speaker, P.T. Faint old fold lines, else a surprisingly fresh copy. ESTC: MHS, MA. OCLC adds none. We find one at LC. BRISTOL B4504 SHIPTON & MOONEY... More about STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN COUNCIL, January 1, 1777. Whereas a considerable number of men...

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The Diary of Clarissa Adger Bowen, Ashtabula Plantation, 1865, with Excerpts from Other Family...

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Bowen, Clarissa Adger

The Diary of Clarissa Adger Bowen, Ashtabula Plantation, 1865, with Excerpts from Other Family Diaries and Comments by Her Granddaughter, Clarissa Walton Taylor, and Many Other Accounts of the Pendleton Clemson Area, South Carolina, 1776-1889; Compiled by Mary Stevenson

Pendleton, SC: Foundation for Historic Restoration in Pendleton Area, 1973. First edition. Oblong folio. 128 pp. [printed double-column]. Illus. from photographs, drawings, old prints, maps, and advertising, etc. Bookplate, rather persistent foxing, else very good. Rebound in gilt-stamped blue-gray cloth (soiled), patterned endpapers (originally issued in wrappers). (#8069). More about The Diary of Clarissa Adger Bowen, Ashtabula Plantation, 1865, with Excerpts from Other Family...

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Some Eighteenth Century Tracts Concerning North Carolina. With introduction and notes by William...

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Boyd, William K. (ed.).

Some Eighteenth Century Tracts Concerning North Carolina. With introduction and notes by William K. Boyd.

Raleigh, (NC): Edwards & Broughton Co., 1927. First edition. 8vo. viii, 508 pp. Illustrated from photographs of title pages and other documentary material, plates. Reprints 12 rare colonial and Revolutionary-era pamphlets and broadsides (and two period manuscripts printed and published much later) related to North Carolina, issued 1740-1791. With the... More about Some Eighteenth Century Tracts Concerning North Carolina. With introduction and notes by William...

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Narrative in the American Revolution. John Carl Buettner

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Buettner, John Carl.

Narrative in the American Revolution.

New York: Charles Fred. Heartman, [ca. 1912]. First edition in English, 1/320 copies, Heartman's Historical Series, No. 1 (translated from the 1828 German original). Tall 8vo. (6), 69 pp. Color frontispiece. Howes B-939: "After many hardships in Pennsylvania as an indentured servant, served awhile in the American army, then deserted... More about Narrative in the American Revolution

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A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General...

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Burgoyne, Lieutenant-General [John].

A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and verified by Evidence; With a Collection of Authentic Documents, and an Addition of Many Circumstances which Were Prevented from Appearing before the House by the Prorogation of Parliament. Written and collected by himself, and dedicated to the Officers of the Army he commanded

London: J. Almon, 1780. Second edition (first published in quarto the same year). 8vo. ix, (2), 191, (1, duplicate "advertisement" leaf), cix. Six folding maps and plans, with troop emplacements and movements hand-colored, two with overlays showing changes in troop positions, folding table. Howes B-968: "His chief defense against all... More about A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General...

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Serving a "plea for trespass," in this case for an indebtedness of fifty pounds sterling owed...

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BURKE, Aedanus (1743-1802; Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, 1789-1791, state judge) and Isaac Huger (1742-1797; Revolutionary War general).

Serving a "plea for trespass," in this case for an indebtedness of fifty pounds sterling owed Keating and James Simons by one Joseph Flann, as recorded in a partly printed document, completed in a clerk's hand and signed by Burke as a state judge and Huger as sheriff, 15 March 1785.

Oblong 4to. 1 page, seal intact; docketed on verso. Burke and Huger each had prominent associations with the South Carolina branch of the Society of Cincinnati, Huger serving as first vice-president and Burke publishing a widely circulated pamphlet warning that the organization would widen the division between "the patricians and... More about Serving a "plea for trespass," in this case for an indebtedness of fifty pounds...

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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION AGAINST SANDUSKY UNDER COL. WILLIAM CRAWFORD IN 1782. C. W....

Butterfield, C.W.

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION AGAINST SANDUSKY UNDER COL. WILLIAM CRAWFORD IN 1782...

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1873. 1st ed. 8vo.; x, 403pp. Frontis. portrait (portrait & facing title page foxed). Prev. owner's name on front free endpaper. Orig. gilt-stamped green cloth (spine ends rubbed). Very good. HOWES B1062. More about HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION AGAINST SANDUSKY UNDER COL. WILLIAM CRAWFORD IN 1782

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