RECORDS OF AN ACTIVE LIFE. (Autobiography of Reverend Heman Dyer who was chancellor of Western University of Pennsylvania now the University of Pittsburgh.)

Dyer, Heman, 1810-1900. Edwin M. Stanton, 1814-1869 (contributor).

Published by New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1886.

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Third edition revised (as stated upon title page). [frontis], i-xiv, 7-458 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.75cm. No dust jacket. Maroon cloth; beveled edge boards rubbed; milt sunning to spine; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Top edge gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Frontispiece b/w portrait of author retains its guard sheet. Interior leaves are clean. Binding is firm. An attractive copy of an uncommon autobiography. Concluding pages 451-458 of Appendix reprints a May 18, 1862 letter from Edwin M. Stanton (Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War) to Reverend Dyer in which Stanton ruminates on his relations with General McClellan. Seller Inventory # CVA-01751

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Title: RECORDS OF AN ACTIVE LIFE. (Autobiography of...
Publisher: New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1886.
Binding: Hardcover

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