A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE CAPT. MICHAEL CRESAP
[Jacob, John J.]
Published by Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan, Cumberland, Md., 1826
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123,[1]pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards lightly rubbed and shelfworn. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper. Light tanning, scattered foxing, old light dampstain in lower third of final five leaves of text. About very good. In a burgundy half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt, and folding cloth chemise. First edition of this biography of Captain Cresap, defending him against charges that he slaughtered Indians before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In particular, Cresap became infamous in the case of the Indian, Logan, and the murder of his defenseless family in 1774. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book, written by the revolutionary officer, later clergyman, who had married Cresap's widow, was the reopening of old sores by [Joseph] Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES [ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE] of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" - Streeter. The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler for $650 in 1968. HOWES J32, "b." SABIN 35488. STREETER SALE 1335. FIELD 769. THOMSON 640. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24967. DAB IV, p.538 (Cresap). Seller Inventory # WRCAM36095
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Title: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE ...
Publisher: Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan, Cumberland, Md.
Publication Date: 1826
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A Biographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Capt. Michael Cresap
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Cincinnati, Ohioo, 1866
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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158pp. 4to. Reprinted from the Cumberland Edition of 1826, with Notes and Appendix for William Dodge by Jno. F. Uhlhorn, Steam Job Printer, 58 West 3d St. 158pp. 4to. A defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap (1742-1775), whom Jefferson, echoing others, blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA. Howes J32 Publisher's cloth, spine repalcerd. Very Good Reprinted from the Cumberland Edition of 1826, with Notes and Appendix for William Dodge by Jno. F. Uhlhorn, Steam Job Printer, 58 West 3d St. Seller Inventory # 367760
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A biographical sketch of the life of the late Capt. Michael Cresap
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Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller, Cumberland, Maryland, 1881
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Third edition, 8vo, pp. 120; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; spine a bit sunned, else near fine. The Frank C. Deering copy with his leather bookplate on the front free endpaper. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, but with a sheet bearing John J. Jacob's signature tipped in over it; laid in is an autograph manuscript poem by Jacob with 6 quatrains titled "The Lover to his Mistress on Her Birthday," signed "J.J.J."; also laid in is a one-page A.L.s. from Jacob's grand-daughter regarding her books and a photograph of him. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia of Cresap's tendency to murder Indians, especially in the famous case of the Indian Logan and his defenseless family. The immediate occasion for this . book, written by the revolutionary officer, late clergyman, who had married Cresap's widow, was the reopening of old sores by Doddridge in his then recently published Notes of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" (Streeter III, 1335 for the first edition of 1826). Seller Inventory # 53922
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A Biographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Capt. Michael Cresap
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Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan, Cumberland, MD, 1826
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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8vo. First edition. First edition. 8vo. First edition of this defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap (1742-1775), whom Jefferson, echoing others, blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book, written by the revolutionary officer, later clergyman, who had married Cresap's widow, was the reopening of old sores by [Joseph] Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES [ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE] of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" (Streeter). Streeter Sale 1335; Howes J32; Graff 2185; Sabin 35488; Siebert Sale 379 Contemporary half roan and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Covers scuffed and worn, small semicircular portion of rear cover fire damaged with loss, wear extending into final 25 pages at top margin touching a few letters, text foxed and faintly dampstained, some contemporary pen annotations, 1839 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Seller Inventory # 316088
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A biographical sketch of the life of the late Capt. Michael Cresap
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for the author, by J.M. Buchanan, Cumberland, Maryland, 1826
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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First edition, small 8vo, pp. 123, [1]; contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, rebacked, old spine with gilt lettering direct neatly laid down; all edges yellow; light wear and rubbing to the binding but generally a good, sound copy, or better. With the bookplates of Frank Deering and Herbert R. Strauss. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia of Cresap's tendency to murder Indians, especially in the famous case of the Indian Logan and his defenseless family. The immediate occasion for this now rare book, written by the revolutionary officer, late clergyman, who had married Cresap's widow, was the reopening of old sores by Doddridge in his then recently published Notes of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" (Streeter III, 1335). American Imprints 24967; Howes J32; Field 769; Sabin 35488; Thomson 640. The Streeter copy brought $650; the Siebert copy $4500. Seller Inventory # 25234
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