Documentary History of the American Revolution consisting of Letters and Papers Relating to the Contest for Liberty, Chiefly in South Carolina in 1781 and 1782 (First Edition) [From the Library of Ellison A. Smyth]

R. W. Gibbes

Edité par Banner Stream-Power Press, 1853

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Important book of Americana see Howes G151. The brown cloth is cracked and chipped a bit around the spine. Binding is solid. Full refund if not satisfied. A collection of letters and documents written at the onset of the Revolution and pertaining mainly to North and South Carolina. Robert Gibbes was a long time resident of Charleston, South Carolina, and well respected authority in the natural sciences. A medical doctor and amateur natural historian, Gibbes was nothing if not versatile. A year before the first printing of his ?Documentary History Gibbes became the owner and editor of The Daily South Carolinian. He went on to serve as Surgeon General for South Carolina. He labored to improve the medical capabilities of the Confederacy. This copy contains the library stamp of Ellison A. Smyth, son of the famous theologian Thomas Smyth. Ellison was known for helping to fund a Sunday School building in Hendersonville, as well as being the donor of a wing of Hendersonville Presbyterian Church. His family also bought and named the Connemara house before Carl Sandburg made it famous. Full refund if not satisfied. N° de réf. du vendeur 012617

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Documentary History of the American ...

Éditeur : Banner Stream-Power Press

Date d'édition : 1853

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good -

Edition : First Edition.