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Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett
Publication Date: 1831
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
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WILLETT, William M., ed. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken Chiefly from His Own Manuscript. New York; G. & C. & H. Harvill, 1831. 1st ed. 162 pp. Orig. boards rebacked with antique style boards, small embossed stamp, final leaf supplied in facsimile on old paper, else a very good copy. HOWES W-438. Sabin 104138. Streeter II, 812. Tipped to the front endpaper is an interesting letter, dated 1918, from Albany bookseller Frank J. Scopes to North Carolina attorney, historian, and bibliophile F.A. Sondley. Scopes writes: "On page 50 of this volume you will find an account of the raising of what is now generally accepted as the first American flag, that is to say the 'Stars and Stripes.' the blue camlet cloak was the property of Lieutenant Swartout, and there is here in Albany a blue broadcloth in lieu of his blue coat which was used for colors at Fort Stanwix." "Willett as a boy of 18 served in the unsuccessful expedition against the French at Fort Ticonderoga and later with Bradstreet against Fort Frontenac. In 1790 he conducted for President Washington a successful negotiation with the Creek Indians which resulted in the treaty of August 7, 1790. The narrative is essentially a firsthand account, for as stated by his son the 'Narrative is little more than a transcript of what he himself wrote after he had attained his seventieth year,'"--Streeter II, 812.
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Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
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WILLETT, William M., ed. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken chiefly from his own Manuscript. N.Y.: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831. 1st ed. Portrait. 162pp. A near fine copy in antique style 3/4 leather and marbled boards. In a cloth bolding box. Howes W-438. "Revolutionary experiences and an account of a 1790 visit to the Creek Indians: ".The narrative is therefore in great part composed of incidents connected with Indian warfare." Field-1659.
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Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett
Publication Date: 1831
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Seller Rating:
First Edition
WILLETT, William M., ed. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken Chiefly from His Own Manuscript. New York; G. & C. & H. Harvill, 1831. 1st ed. 162 pp. Bound in later 3/4 blue morocco. A very good copy. HOWES W-438. Sabin 104138. Streeter II, 812. "Willett as a boy of 18 served in the unsuccessful expedition against the French at Fort Ticonderoga and later with Bradstreet against Fort Frontenac. In 1790 he conducted for President Washington a successful negotiation with the Creek Indians which resulted in the treaty of August 7, 1790. The narrative is essentially a firsthand account, for as stated by his son the 'Narrative is little more than a transcript of what he himself wrote after he had attained his seventieth year,'"--Streeter II, 812.
