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Wilmington, De, 1883. [2],531pp. Original purple cloth, spine gilt. Cloth speckled, else near fine. Both this work and DuPont's EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE JOURNAL-LETTERS... were issued in privately printed editions of only fifty copies for private distribution, and are exceedingly rare. Eberstadt states that the present volume is even rarer than its companion. The first section is devoted to dispatches sent by DuPont from California during the Mexican-American War, when he transported Fremont and his troops from Monterey to San Diego and attacked Mexican shipping in the Gulf of California. He also commanded the Atlantic blockading forces against the Confederacy for the first two years of the Civil War. EBERSTADT 132:174. HOWES D589, "b." GARRETT, p.207. HILL 520. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 111 (note).
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF REAR ADMIRAL DU PONT, U.S. NAVY 1846 -48. 1861 -63. by DuPont, Samuel F - 1883
by DuPont, Samuel F
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OFFICIAL DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF REAR ADMIRAL DU PONT, U.S. NAVY 1846 -48. 1861 -63.
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Wilmington: Press of Ferris Bros, 1883. First edition. [4],531pp. Original half calf over marbled boards. Limited to 50 copies. Cowan II, p 843. Eberstadt 132: 174. Garrett, Mexican-American War, p. 207. Howes D589. Kurutz & Mathes p. 133. Nesser 7599. Nevins I;223. Smith, Civil War 761. Tutorow 4098. Printed by DuPont's widow, this book, according to Eberstadt, is even rarer than DuPont's 1885 "Extract " of which it is the bases. DuPont commanded the "Cyane" off the California coast during the Mexican-American War and was instrumental in securing the Californias under U. S. control. The vast majority of the documents here were written by Wabash off Port Royal, S.C., and concern his Civil War service.
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Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Admiral Du Pont, U.S. Navy. 1846-48.1861-63
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Wilmington, DE: Press of Ferris Bros., Printers, 1883. First edition, one of 50 copies. [2], 531pp. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Extremities worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf. Internally quite clean. Very good. First edition, one of 50 copies. [2], 531pp. 8vo. Privately Printed in a Small Edition. Both this work and DuPont's EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE JOURNAL-LETTERS ... were issued in privately printed editions of only fifty copies for private distribution, and are exceedingly rare. Eberstadt states that the present volume is even rarer than its companion. The first section is devoted to dispatches sent by Du Pont from California during the Mexican War, when he transported Fremont and his troops from Monterey to San Diego and attacked Mexican shipping in the Gulf of California. He also commanded the Atlantic blockading forces against the Confederacy for the first two years of the Civil War. This copy has…
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