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[Waldo, Francis] Willis, Wm. Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland: with Notes and Biographical Notices: as a Summary History of Portland. By Wm. Willis. Portland: Joseph S. Bailey, 1849. [vi; 483 pages] 8vo; 22.5 cm. Second edition. Frontispiece of Thomas Smith, illustrated with 8 engravings: Interlined portraits and text illustrations. One engraving is of Harvard Hall, Cambridge, built in 1682, destroyed in 1764. Also a map of Portland at the time of the fire of 1775. Embossed black publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, this copy is signed by Francis W. Waldo: "Francis W. Waldo from his uncle Francis Waldo." Francis W. Waldo was a descendent of Samuel Waldo, the founder of Waldoboro, Maine. This copy is also signed by Elizabeth G.C. Menzies, and dated by her August 1974, the noted Princeton photographer and author. Book tag of Charles E. Tuttle & Company, Old and Rare Books, Rutland, Vermont. Some spotting of introductory…
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Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland: with Notes and Biographical Notices: as a Summary History of Portland. By Wm. Willis.
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Memoirs of an American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America,: as They Existed Previous to the Revolution by Mrs. Grant, Author of “Letters from the Mountains,” &c, &c.
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Anne MacVicar Grant. Memoirs of an American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution by Mrs. Grant, Author of "Letters from the Mountains," &c, &c. New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell, by G. and D. Bruce, 1809. 18 cm, 12mo; p. 223 mis-numbered as 226. [viii; 344 pages] Sabin, 28296; Howes, G303; Shaw & Shoemaker, 17663. Bound in full brown tree calf, spine ruled in gold with red leather label, cover edges gilded. A remarkable account of pre-Revolutionary War America, specifically upper New York, with detailed accounts of the customs, natural history, and social events at Albany, New York, as well as detailed accounts of encounters with the indigenous people. An account of the Five Nations, the Mohawk Indians, is given, as well as an account of the building of the fort at Albany. Description of the means used to subdue the independence on the Indians, the attraction of some colonists to the Indian way of life, and the management of the Mohawks… Read More
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