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... original miscellaneous composi- tions . Ten volumes , January , 1813 to June , 1815. Philadelphia , Moses Thomas . 8vo . Extracts from . Biographies of Dr. Rush , Oliver Elsworth , Fisher Ames , Lieut . Alwyn , U. S. N. , with portraits ...
... original miscellaneous composi- tions . Ten volumes , January , 1813 to June , 1815. Philadelphia , Moses Thomas . 8vo . Extracts from . Biographies of Dr. Rush , Oliver Elsworth , Fisher Ames , Lieut . Alwyn , U. S. N. , with portraits ...
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... original boards , pp . 80. Boston , 1833 . Rare . The author describes the scenes he witnessed in the Prison Ship , the rules , routine , suffering and death among his fellow prisoners , his escape into Long Island , etc. ANECDOTES ...
... original boards , pp . 80. Boston , 1833 . Rare . The author describes the scenes he witnessed in the Prison Ship , the rules , routine , suffering and death among his fellow prisoners , his escape into Long Island , etc. ANECDOTES ...
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... original cloth , 12mo , with original paper label , 35 plates , colored by hand including one of Bunker Hill . ATHERTON , WILLIAM . NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERING AND Defeat of THE NORTH - WESTERN ARMY UNDER GENERAL WINCHESTER ; Massacre of ...
... original cloth , 12mo , with original paper label , 35 plates , colored by hand including one of Bunker Hill . ATHERTON , WILLIAM . NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERING AND Defeat of THE NORTH - WESTERN ARMY UNDER GENERAL WINCHESTER ; Massacre of ...
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... Original Manuscript , as sent to the publishers . Portraits and A.L.S. of Bain- bridge , Cooper and others , inserted . Dated 1846. Bound by J. McDonald . Crushed Levant . Special Title Page printed . Folio . 30 closely written pages ...
... Original Manuscript , as sent to the publishers . Portraits and A.L.S. of Bain- bridge , Cooper and others , inserted . Dated 1846. Bound by J. McDonald . Crushed Levant . Special Title Page printed . Folio . 30 closely written pages ...
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... Original Manuscript , as contributed to " Graham's Magazine , " 1845. Portraits of Barry and Cooper , and A.L.S. inserted . Correspondence with Washington , etc. Ten closely written folio pages . Bound by Bradstreet . Crushed Levant ...
... Original Manuscript , as contributed to " Graham's Magazine , " 1845. Portraits of Barry and Cooper , and A.L.S. inserted . Correspondence with Washington , etc. Ten closely written folio pages . Bound by Bradstreet . Crushed Levant ...
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