MEMOIRS OF MRS. COGHLAN, (DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MAJOR MONCRIEFFE,) WRITTEN BY HERSELF...INTERSPERSED WITH ANECDOTES OF THE LATE AMERICAN AND PRESENT FRENCH WAR; WITH REMARKS, MORAL AND POLITICAL.
Coghlan, Mrs.:
New York. 1795. 184pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Calf worn, chipped at top of spine. Front free endsheet excised. Some light foxing, a couple small holes in one leaf not affecting text. Else internally good. The first American edition, with the preface which was suppressed in many copies. The author was noted for her affair with Aaron Burr during the American Revolution, and thereafter spent a good deal of time in New York and Europe. Some of her travels are described in this narrative. HOWES C543. KAPLAN 1136. SABIN 14208. EVANS 28442.
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