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DROPPED STITCHES IN TENNESSEE HISTORY.
Allison, John:
Nashville. 1897.
[6],152pp. plus plates. Frontis. Original front printed wrapper bound into modern cloth. Very good. Prints some little known facts about.. more
Price: $85.00
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FORTY YEARS OF PIONEER LIFE. MEMOIR OF JOHN MASON PECK D.D. EDITED FROM HIS JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE....
Babcock, Rufus [ed]:
Philadelphia. [1864].
360pp. Portrait. Original cloth. Spine faded, titelepage and frontispiece foxed, else very good. Biography of Peck with excerpted accounts from.. more
Price: $125.00
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SPEECH OF MR. BELL, OF TENNESSEE, ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT... DELIEVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES... FEBRUARY 11, 1829.
Bell, John:
Washington: Printed by Duff Green, 1829.
26pp. Dbd. Mildly stained. Last leaf loose. Good. Bell questions the Cumberland Road bill on Constitutional grounds. .. more
Price: $50.00
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LIFE AS IT IS; OR MATTERS AND THINGS IN GENERAL: CONTAINING, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE EXPLORATION AND FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE; MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS; THEIR WARS WITH THE INDIANS; BATTLE OF KING'S
Breazeale, J.W.M.:
Knoxville: James Williams, 1842.
256pp. 12mo. Original half cloth and paper covered boards, paper label. Boards lightly stained, paper label chipped and rubbed. Two.. more
Price: $3,000.00
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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, REPORTING ON LAND PURCHASED IN TENNESSEE BY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER ROBERT MORRIS].
Broderick, James: [Morris, Robert]:
Lauzon County. April 14, 1792.
[1]p. Folio. Old folds. Stained and age-toned. In good condition. A manuscript letter dated April 14, 1792 reporting on land.. more
Price: $800.00
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SKETCHES OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND DECLINE OF SECESSION; WITH A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURES UNDER THE REBELS.
Brownlow, W.G.:
Philadelphia. 1862.
458,[8]pp. plus illustrations. Portrait. Original cloth. Corner of front cover reinforced with metal. Good. Brownlow here records his abusive treatment.. more
Price: $30.00
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EARLY BIOGRAPHY, TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF REV. JAMES CHAMPLIN, WHO WAS BORN BLIND; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES THROUGH WHICH HE TRAVELED IN AMERICA....
Champlin, Rev. James:
Columbus, Oh. 1842.
192pp. Original half cloth. Hinges cracked. Stained and foxed. Near good. Champlin was no more than twenty-one years old when.. more
Price: $500.00
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HISTORY OF COMPANY G, NINTH S.C. REGIMENT, INFANTRY, S.C. ARMY AND OF COMPANY E, SIXTH S.C. REGIMENT, INFANTRY, S.C. ARMY.
Coker, James Lide:
Charleston. 1899.
210pp. 12mo. Original grey cloth, gilt. Minor shelf wear, light rubbing. Internally clean and bright. A very good copy. From.. more
Price: $1,750.00
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SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN THE ARMY: OR, ROMANCE OF MILITARY LIFE.
Cooke, Philip St. George:
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859.
432pp. Original green patterned cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Front hinge cracked, slight foxing. Overall very good. From the library of Guy.. more
Price: $650.00
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REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS OF TENNESSEE, AND IN THE FEDERAL COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE...VOL. I.
Cooke, William Wilcox:
Nashville. 1814.
viii,527pp. plus errata. Original calf, leather label. Rubbed, heavily tanned and foxed, dampstained. A sound copy. Prints detailed summaries and.. more
Price: $400.00
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HISTORY OF MEMPHIS, THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS....
Davis, James D.:
Memphis. 1873.
320pp. Portraits. Modern cloth, leather label. Repairs to some leaves, overall good. Mostly antebellum historical notes. .. more
Price: $275.00
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THRILLING ADVENTURES OF DANIEL ELLIS, THE GREAT UNION GUIDE OF EAST TENNESSEE FOR A PERIOD OF NEARLY FOUR YEARS DURING THE GREAT SOUTHERN REBELLION. Written by Himself....
Ellis, Daniel:
New York. 1867.
430pp. plus ads. Map. Illus. Portrait. Original cloth. Edge wear, spine rubbed, ownership stamps on blank endsheet, one signature starting.. more
Price: $200.00
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A SERIES OF LECTURES, ON THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS IN DIVINITY.
Ewing, Finis:
Fayetteville, Tn.: Printed for the Cumberland Presbyterian Synod, by E. and J.B. Hill, 1827.
iv,[5]-222,[1]pp. Original calf. Some foxing and uniform staining, but a good, sound copy. The author was Pastor of the Cumberland.. more
Price: $325.00
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JOURNAL OF JOS. W. FAWCETT (DIARY OF HIS TRIP IN 1840 DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND UP THE ATLANTIC COAST TO BOSTON).
Fawcett, Jos. W.:
Chillicothe. 1944.
49pp. 16mo. Printed wrappers. A fine, uncut, unopened copy. Crudely printed at the Press of David K. Webb, undoubtedly in.. more
Price: $34.00
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THE DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT STATE OF KENTUCKE: AND AN ESSAY TOWARDS THE TOPOGRAPHY, AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THAT IMPORTANT COUNTRY...THE ADVENTURES OF COL. DANIEL BOON, ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS...AN ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN NATIONS...THE STAGES AND
Filson, John:
Wilmington, De.: Printed by James Adams, 1784.
118pp. plus final original blank. Contemporary wrapper, with original side stitching, untrimmed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper: "Toeb----[?] Hopkins,.. more
Price: $30,000.00
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NOTES ON THE WESTERN STATES; CONTAINING DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THEIR SOIL, CLIMATE, RESOURCES AND SCENERY.
Hall, James:
Philadelphia. 1838.
304pp. Cloth. Slight cracking along joints, wear to top and bottom headband, else good. An extended edition of the work.. more
Price: $185.00
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AMERICAN LAW JOURNAL, VOL. IV. BEING THE FIRST OF A NEW SERIES.
Hall, John E., ed:
Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1813.
viii,[2],8,624pp. Modern full calf, black gilt morocco label. Scattered foxing. Very good. THE AMERICAN LAW JOURNAL ran from 1813 through.. more
Price: $350.00
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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL LABORS OF PHILIP LINDSLEY, D.D., LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE.
Halsey, Leroy J.:
[Hartford]: Republished from Barnard's American Journal of Education for September, 1859.
[5]-46pp. Portrait. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, a.e.g. Cloth a bit faded. Portrait loosening. Offsetting on titlepage, scattered.. more
Price: $50.00
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THE NATURAL AND ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, UP TO THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS THEREIN BY THE WHITE PEOPLE, IN THE YEAR 1768.
Haywood, John:
Nashville: Printed by George Wilson, 1823.
viii,390,liv pp. Half title. 19th-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt label. Covers and spine worn, marbled paper on front.. more
Price: $20,000.00
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REMINISCENCES OF GUNBOAT LIFE IN THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
Huling, E.J.:
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Printed for Private Circulation, 1881.
iv,86pp. 16mo. Modern half leatherette and paper boards, spine gilt. Tape repair on verso of titlepage, with no loss of.. more
Price: $3,000.00
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THE SUNNY SOUTH; OR, THE SOUTHERNER AT HOME, EMBRACING FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF A NORTHERN GOVERNESS IN THE LAND OF THE SUGAR AND THE COTTON.
Ingraham, Joseph H., ed:
Philadelphia. 1860.
526pp. plus ads. Original cloth. Cloth sunned and edgeworn. Some scattered spotting. A good, tight copy. A collection of letters.. more
Price: $175.00
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A HISTORY OF THE YELLOW FEVER. THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1878, IN MEMPHIS, TENN.....
Keating, J.M.:
Memphis. 1879.
454pp. Quarto. Original gilt cloth. Edgeworn, cloth stained and discolored, hinges broken. Some tanning and light foxing, else internally good... more
Price: $175.00
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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE, STATISTICS AND MINES FOR 1876....
Killebrew, J.B.:
Nashville. 1877.
x,435pp., including in-text illustrations, plus eight folding maps Original cloth. Scuffed and edgeworn, neat bookplates, ink inscription. Internally very good.. more
Price: $150.00
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THE RAMBLER IN NORTH AMERICA: MDCCCXXXII. - MDCCCXXXIII.
Latrobe, Charles J.:
London. 1836.
Two volumes. xi,[1],321pp. plus 1p. of ads; viii,336pp. Half title in each volume. Folding frontispiece map and promotional for THE.. more
Price: $750.00
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KU KLUX KLAN. ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT.
Lester, J.C., and D.L. Wilson:
Nashville. 1884.
117pp. Later wrappers. Very good. The first work about the Ku Klux Klan. The so-called first Klan, which operated in.. more
Price: $1,000.00
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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM WILLIAM B. LEWIS TO ANDREW JACKSON].
Lewis, William B.:
Washington. April 30, 1844.
[1]p., addressed on verso. On very friable paper, cracking at folds, with loss where wax seal was removed. A few.. more
Price: $500.00
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EARLY PRINTING IN TENNESSEE...1730 - 1830.
McMurtrie, Douglas C.:
Chicago: Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1933.
141pp. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Small stain in lower outer corner of front cover. Very good. Includes McMurtrie's text.. more
Price: $75.00
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REVISED HAND-BOOK OF TENNESSEE.
McWhirter, A.J.:
Nashville. 1885.
200pp. Large octavo. Original cloth. Cloth sunned and bit spotted, frayed at head and toe of spine, ex-lib. bookplate and.. more
Price: $85.00
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TRAVELS TO THE WESTWARD OF THE ALLEGANY MOUNTAINS, IN THE STATES OF THE OHIO, KENTUCKY, AND TENNESSEE, AND RETURN TO CHARLESTOWN, THROUGH THE UPPER CAROLINAS...WITH A VERY CORRECT MAP OF THE STATES IN THE CENTRE, WEST AND SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES...Fait
Michaux, François André:
London. 1805.
xvi,350pp. plus [2]pp. of advertisements and large folding map. Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label... more
Price: $2,000.00
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A JOURNEY IN THE BACK COUNTRY....
Olmsted, Frederick L.:
New York. 1860.
xvi,[11]-492pp. Half title. Original pebbled cloth. Spine sunned, chipped at head and toe, contents shaken, else a good copy. One.. more
Price: $150.00
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BATTLES AND SKETCHES OF THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE.
Ridley, Bromfield L.:
Mexico, Mo. 1906.
xii,[17]-662,[10]pp. plus errata slip and plates. Portrait. Later cloth. Pencil notes on front endpapers, messy tape repairs to several leaves.. more
Price: $200.00
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THE ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE....
Safford, James M.:
[Np. ca. 1887].
pp.[57]-167. Contemporary plain front wrapper (rear lacking). Good. The portion of the report contributed by Safford as state geologist, regarding.. more
Price: $85.00
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MEINE REISE NACH NORD-AMERIKA IM JAHRE 1842....
Salzbacher, Joseph:
Vienna. 1845.
Two parts bound in one volume. viii,[4],479,[2]pp. plus large colored folding map. Late 19th-century three quarter cloth and marbled boards,.. more
Price: $850.00
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MEINE REISE NACH NORD-AMERIKA IM JAHRE 1842....
Salzbacher, Joseph:
Vienna. 1845.
Two parts bound in one volume. viii,[4],viii,479,[2]pp. plus large folding map. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, blue leather label... more
Price: $950.00
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A BRIEF HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE REVIEW OF EAST TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEVELOPING ITS IMMENSE AGRICULTURAL, MINING, AND MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGES, WITH REMARKS TO EMIGRANTS....
Smith, J. Gray:
London. 1842.
xii,71pp. plus large folding map. Original cloth. Cloth soiled and rumpled, label (?) messily removed from front cover, extremities frayed... more
Price: $900.00
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SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Tannehill, Wilkins:
Nashville. 1827.
344pp. Full contemporary calf, leather label (chipped). Worn, hinges broken but cords sound, portions of titlepage and rear endsheet clipped,.. more
Price: $300.00
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DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS.
Trollope, Frances M.:
London. 1832.
Two volumes. [12],304;[4],303pp. plus twenty-four plates. Half titles. 19th century three quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Bit rubbed,.. more
Price: $400.00
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A VOYAGE TO MEXICO AND HAVANNA; INCLUDING SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE UNITED STATES.
[Barinetti, Carlo]:
New York: Printed for the author, 1841.
x,139pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, neatly rebacked, boards rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown, early ownership signature on front.. more
Price: $1,500.00
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[SAMMELBAND OF PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE IMPEACHMENT OF SENATOR WILLIAM BLOUNT FOR CONSPIRING TO SEIZE FLORIDA].
[Blount, William]:
[Philadelphia: 1797-1799].
Collation provided below. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, neatly rebacked. Rubbed, particularly at extremities; corners bumped. Bookplate on front.. more
Price: $3,250.00
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A CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS, CONCLUDED AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1806.
[Cherokee Indians]:
Washington: Duane & Son, Printers, 1806.
7pp. Printed self-wrappers. Dampstain in upper margin near fold, affecting all leaves but no text; small closed tear in lower.. more
Price: $9,500.00
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"GO AHEAD!!" THE CROCKETT ALMANAC 1840 [wrapper title].
[Crockett, Davy]:
Nashville: Published by Ben Harding, [1839].
33,[3]pp. including illustrations. Lacks pp.3-6. Original pictorial self-wrappers, the gathered signatures loose. Light staining and foxing. Good plus. Volume 2,.. more
Price: $750.00
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"GO AHEAD." DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACK OF WILD SPORTS IN THE WEST, AND LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS. CALCULATED FOR ALL THE STATES IN THE UNION. 1836.
[Crockett, Davy]:
Nashville: Published for the Author, [1835].
46 [of 48]pp. including illustrations. Lacks pp.47-48. Original pictorial self-wrappers, string-tied. An occasional light fox mark, but generally very clean... more
Price: $1,500.00
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"GO AHEAD." DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACK OF WILD SPORTS IN THE WEST, AND LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS. CALCULATED FOR ALL THE STATES IN THE UNION. 1836.
[Crockett, Davy]:
Nashville: Published for the Author, [1835].
46 [of 48]pp. including illustrations. Lacks pp.47-48. Original pictorial self-wrappers, string-tied. Cover soiled and worn, small chips and old folds.. more
Price: $1,500.00
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COLONEL CROCKETT.
[Crockett, Davy]: Chapman, John Gadsby:
[New York. ca. 1940, after the original executed in 1839].
Handcolored mezzotint engraving. The image is 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, plus wide margins. Fine. This wonderful image is.. more
Price: $1,500.00
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TENNESSEE MILITIAMEN. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, TO WHICH WERE REFERRED THE CORRESPONDENCE AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT, IN RELATION TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF A COURT MARTIAL, ORDERED FOR THE TRIAL OF CERTAIN TENNESSEE MILITIAMEN.
[Jackson, Andrew]:
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1828.
63pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Lower inner corner of front wrapper torn away. Minor edge wear and browning. Good. Lacks the.. more
Price: $100.00
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER TO THE WATER-WORKS & SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS UPON A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY AND A SYSTEM OF DRAINAGE FOR THE CITY OF MEMPHIS.
[Memphis]:
Louisville. 1868.
110pp. Dbd. Some tanning, else very good. Contains numerous statistics and study results concerning the maintenance of a clean water.. more
Price: $100.00
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND LOCAL ADVANTAGES OF THE GEORGIA WESTERN TERRITORY: TOGETHER WITH A SUMMARY AND IMPARTIAL VIEW OF THE CLAIMS OF GEORGIA AND OF THE UNITED STATES TO THIS TERRITORY...ILLUSTRATED WITH A NEW
[Morse, Jedidiah]:
Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1797.
24pp. plus folding map. Half title. 12mo. Original plain blue wrappers, detached. Wrappers torn and chipped. Offsetting on map, split.. more
Price: $3,000.00
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SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS A.R. NELSON, OF TENNESSEE, ON THE DISTURBED CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY [caption title].
[Nelson, Thomas A.R.]:
[Washington: H. Polkinhorn, 1861].
16pp. Self-wrappers. Light fold lines, minor toning. Very good, unopened. A pro-Union speech by Nelson, then a new representative from.. more
Price: $70.00
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THE POSITION OF PARTIES. SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS A.R. NELSON ON TENNESSEE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 7, 1859.
[Nelson, Thomas A.R.]:
[Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, [1859].
16pp. Self-wrappers. Light fold lines, scattered foxing. Very good, unopened. A pro-Union speech by Nelson, a representative from east Tennessee... more
Price: $100.00
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VIRGINIA PENSION ROLL. [with:] TENNESSEE PENSION ROLL. [with:] MISSISSIPPI PENSION ROLL. [with]: LOUISIANA PENSION ROLL. [with:] KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL. [with:] ARKANSAS PENSION ROLL [wrapper titles].
[Pension Office]:
[Np, but possibly Washington. ca. 1835].
Six sections: 208; 114; 6; 6; 146; 26pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Moderate dust soiling, rear leaf of last volume torn,.. more
Price: $60.00
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