(AMHERST, Jeffrey).

Commissary Wilson's Orderly Book. Expedition of the British and Provincial Army, under Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Amherst,

Albany: J. Munsell, 1857.

against Ticonderoga and Crown Point. 1759. Folding map. xi, 220pp. 8vo, contemporary 3/4 brown morocco, spine ends lightly worn, edges of corners bumped and worn, some pages dampstained in margins. Albany: J. Munsell, 1857. First Edition

One of 100 copies. Inscribed by Robert Townsend to his cousin. Townsend was a naval officer during the Mexican and Civil Wars. "He (Townsend) was the owner of the most valuable private library in Albany." Dictionary of American Biography XVIII, page 621. Howes W-544.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First
Language: English

Price: $750.00

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