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| | Item #24163 THE HERMITAGE: Home of Old Hickory OTHER EARLY AMERICANA Author: Stanley F. Horn
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A comprehensive, detailed and authoritative book about the home and home life of General Andrew Jackson. Illustrated w/photos and prints. Very Good-as new , VGDJ, Brodart cover. Nashville, TN, Ladies'Hermitage Association 1976 3rd Printing. 219 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4. HB. | | | Item #24391 THE LA SALLE EXPEDITION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OTHER EARLY AMERICANA Author: William C. Foster, Editor
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Subtitled "A Lost Manuscript of Nicholas de La Salle." Translated by Johanna S. Warren. This previously unknown manuscript by Nicholas La Salle(no relation to the explorer) was discovered in the rare book section in the Texas State Archives. La Salle's successful journey in 1682 down the Mississippi culminated in internationally recognized French claims over the river and lands known as the Louisiana Territory. This diary provides the most complete and authoritative account of this historic North American adventure and territorial claim. Austin, TX, 2003 Texas State Historical Association 1st Ed., 175 Pgs., 7&1/4 x 10& 1/4, HB. | | | Item #28245 THE LIFE OF ISRAEL PUTNAM OTHER EARLY AMERICANA Author: David Humphreys
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Actually titled, " An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam." General Israel Putnam is remembered in history as exclaiming to the American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, " Don't fire'til you see the white of their eyes!" Lovingly known as "Old Put," he was one of Washington's original generals and a colorful patriot. This biography was written by a contemporary when the Society of the Cincinnati was formed, composed of men who wre officers in the Revolution. University Park, IL nd, Libery Fund Ed., 5 &1/2 x 8&1/2, 172 Pgs. Wraps, Published at $ 22.00. | |
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