The Testimony of Modern Science to the Unity of Mankind; Being a Summary of the Conclusions Announced by the Highest authorities in the Several Departments of Physiology, Zoology, and Comparative Philology in Favor of the Specific Unity and Common Origin of all the Varieties of Man. (Signed by Wm. H. Harrison, Wigwam [Virginia], 1867) by Cabell, J. L - 1859

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 344 pages. Hardcover in brown cloth. The binding is rubbed and has some faint red marks on the rear board. The headcap is bumped and chipped, and there is a thin closed horizontal split in the cloth about an inch from the headcap. Prior owner's name written on front flyleaf of "Wm. H. Harrison." On the second front flyleaf is written, "W. H. Harrison - Wigwam 1867." Text is foxed, Page 33 and 334 has the upper corner folded down. William H. Harrison (1810-1881) was cousin of President William Henry Harrison and was also the son of Edmund Harrison (1724-1826), a Virginia politician and veteran of the War of 1812. Edmund's uncle was Benjamin Harrison V, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. "The Wigwam" is a home in Amelia County, Virginia which was built in 1790 by Governor William Branch Giles (1762-1830). Giles was Governor of Virginia from 1827 to 1830. He was also a U.S. Senator from Virginia in 1804-1815, and when he had "The Wigwam" built in 1790 he was in the U.S. House of Representatives. Upon Giles' death in 1830, the house went to his son, who sold it to William Henry Harrison (signer of this book) in 1832. William Henry Harrison and his wife Lucy began a school at "The Wigwam" known as Amelia Academy, and it served as a prep school for its students to enter the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. William Henry and Lucy Harrison raised several sons at "The Wigwam.