A Rough List of a Collection of Transcripts relating to the History of New England 1630-1776 in Possession of Frederick Lewis Gay

1stedn; Signed by Author. 8vo plain paper covers, spine very worn and chipped, needing to be rebound; text is clean. A good working copy of this scarce bibliographical resource, deckled edges, Some chipping to corners of wrappers, otherwise VG: 273pp, Signed pesentation slip from author: "In Possession of Frederick Lewis Gay. Included in the list is General Orders of 1757 issued by The Earl of Loudoun and Phineas Lyman in the Campaign Against the French (ABE# 201127d300), whose Prevowner was Frederick Lewis Gay (1856-1916) "of Brookline, Mass, an antiquarian, historian, and genealogist. Born in Boston on 28 October 1856, he was the eldest son of noted surgeon George Henry Gay (1823-1878) and Elizabeth Greenough Lewis Gay (1831-1907). Gay graduated from Boston Latin School and attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, later returning to Harvard to receive his degree in 1903. In 1887 he was a cashier in the treasurer's office of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Chicago, but returned to Boston shortly after his marriage in 1889. A member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society, Gay researched and wrote about genealogy and the history of greater Boston and New England, and was a collector of books, newspapers, and English Civil War tracts. Gay married Josephine Spencer (1859-1941) in 1889).…