Annals of the American Revolution; or, A record of the causes and events which produced, and terminated in the establishment and independence of the American Republic

1824 American Revolution Annals Jedidiah Morse INDIAN WARS Battle Illustrated

Jedidiah Morse was an important and prominent geographer known for his American textbooks, books that earned him the name 'father of American geography.' This 'Annals of the American Revolution' is a chronological history of the early settlement of America, the Indian Wars, and the Revolution, with biographical sketches of army officers, and six illustrated plates depicting various battles and events.

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Item number: #16481

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MORSE, Jedidiah

Annals of the American Revolution; or, A record of the causes and events which produced, and terminated in the establishment and independence of the American Republic...

Hartford: [1824].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o [4], 400, 50

o 6 engraved plates

· References: Howes M 840; Sabin 50927; Field 1097; Larned 1440

· Provenance: Bookplate – Edward Hooker

o Possibly Commander Edward Hooker (1822-1903), a Union commanding officer for the Potomac Flotilla, a unit of the United States Navy created in the early days of the American Civil War to secure Union communications in the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River and their tributaries, and to disrupt Confederate communications and shipping in the same.

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x 14cm)

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