Lee major general charles (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. (volumes 4-7, 1871-1874); Good Only/no djs, tall octavos, green cloth hardcovers, gold lettering on backstrips, the complete Lee papers in 4 volumes: 1754-1776; 1776-1778; 1778-1782; 1782-1811; interior hinge papers reinforced with wide strips of tape, volume 3 lacking half of backstrip with original label mounted-on, volume 4 lacking top 3" of backstrip, bindings rough but texts generally clean & unmarked, requires extra postage for International shipping.…

Hardcover. Large 8vo. 24cm, in 4 volumes, 494 & 494 & 494, & 500pp., indexes, greenpebbled cloth, gilt spine titles & decoration, uncut, a fine set. (mt) The papers of a prominent, and very controversial, figure in theAmerican Revolution, Major-General Charles Lee (1731-82), sometime secondin command of the Continental Army. Volume I deals with Lee's involvementas a British Army officer with Braddock and in Canada. Accepting asenior command in the Continental Army, Lee received undeserved praisefor the early defence of Charleston , censure for his lack of support ofWashington in New Jersey and his retreat at Monmouth. Captured by theBritish, he was exchanged but was accused of treasonable actions. Volume3 contains "Proceedings of a Court-Martial, held at Brunswick, in theState of New Jersey, by order of His Excellency George Washington,Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States of America , for theTrial of Major General Lee . July 4th. 1778. Major General Lord Stirling,President." Volume 4 contains: "Memoir of General Lee" by IsaacLangworthy, (1787) and by Sir Henry Bunbury (1838); "Life of Charles Lee" by Jared Sparks (1846) and "The Treason of Charles Lee" by George H.Moore.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. 5vol. 8vo. [12], 494, [4]; [10], 494, [4]; [12], 494, [4]; [13], 2-500, [2]; [9], x, [5], 2-553, [5] pp. Bound in green pebbled cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Several leaves unopened. Gephart 13815. The set contains all of the papers and letters (including his letters to Congress) of General Major Charles Lee, and the proceedings of his General Court Martial at the order of George Washington (Lee's papers range from 1754 to 1811). The collection from 1875 contains the letters of Major General James Pattison. Publisher's notice laid in to the 1875 collection letting the subscriber know that the seventh volume of the society's series, Lee Papers, Volume IV, will be issued after the 1875 collection's publication. A Very Good set with the rear hinge of volume one faintly cracked, a few traces of wear to the boards, and volume two showing mild foxing.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 6 1/4 inches x 10 in., title-page with Jacob Morris' Preface: "To The Public" on the reverse. 134 pp. An untrimmed copy; most pages are unopened. Blue-gray paper wrappers, sewn, with an ink inscription (possibly from publisher Jacob Morris) on the front cover: For Col. Robert Troup. The paper-covered spine, edges of the wrappers and of the untrimmed paper show some wear, some tan spotting present to text. A mainly untrimmed and unopened cop; overall, in near fine condition. From the collection of Cleveland, Ohio-based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), with his bookplate loosely inserted. The Cleveland Mather family had some connection with Cooperstown, and with James Fenimore Cooper. Robert Troup, who was a personal friend of Alexander Hamilton, served in the Revolutionary War, as did Jacob Morris, who had this Court Martial reprinted in 1823 to help vindicate Charles Lee, (the first edition of 100 copies, was Philadelphia, 1778). Robert Troup later pursued a legal career in New York. An exceedingly rare and fragile item that rarely comes up for sale. Jacob Morris Preface: To do justice to the memory of a gallant, frank, and warm hearted soldier of the Revolution, who, although not a native born American, was surpassed by few of that eventful period, in zeal and devotion to the cause of this country; I have directed to be republished the proceedings of the Court Martial that decided on the conduct of the late General Charles Lee, at the battle of Monmouth. Now, that the party excitement which unhappily existed in the army at that day, is almost forgotten, and nearly all the distinguished actors of that glorious era removed from the world, much might be said, without injury to the feelings of their surviving descendants, to shew that General Lee was harshly dealt by. My enlightened fellow-citizens of the United States, will be satisfied, I think, on the perusal of the annexed copy of the trial of that Officer, that the sentence emanated from feelings in the members of that court, not very friendly towards him. I was on the fields of Monmouth with General Lee's division, as a volunteer, attached to a troop of Light Dragoons, under Captain John Heard, commanding the cavalry of the State of New Jersey, and saw enough to impress me with a belief, in the language of a respectable military character now living, who was also present in that affair, that the conduct of General Lee, on the 28th of June, 1778, shewed great generalship, and that he deserved credit, and not censure. " Butternuts, Ostego County, State of New-York, Sept. 1823 Jacob Morris. Howes L-192, p. 336.…